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> [As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I'm never going to get better as an actress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/as-an-artist-you-want-to-stretch-that-s-the-only-way-you-re-going-to/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

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## More by Jurnee Smollett

> [But really, for me, I tried to find first-person accounts. I tried to read stories from men and women who had survived slavery because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/but-really-for-me-i-tried-to-find-first-person-accounts-i-tried-to/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [There are so many people who will try and make you feel like your opinion doesn't matter, and I've learned how important it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/there-are-so-many-people-who-will-try-and-make-you-feel-like-your/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies all that. Fortunately, I have a mother who encouraged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/you-go-through-those-awkward-dorky-geeky-stages-and-growing-up-in-the/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence. You go through those awkward, dorky, geeky stages, and growing up in the industry amplifies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/when-i-was-younger-i-really-struggled-with-confidence-you-go-through/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [ I read slave narratives, books like Bullwhip Days, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. \[The Root's chairman\] Henry Louis Gates has an… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/i-read-slave-narratives-books-like-bullwhip-days-incidents-in-the/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [Fortunately, I come from an activist mother, so I didn't have to rely on the history books. The history books teach us nothing about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/fortunately-i-come-from-an-activist-mother-so-i-didn-t-have-to-rely/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [Maybe you should think about the choices in your life, how someone can come and spit some kind of game to you and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/maybe-you-should-think-about-the-choices-in-your-life-how-someone-can/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [When I was younger, I really struggled with confidence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/when-i-was-younger-i-really-struggled-with-confidence/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [One of the most tragic things about slavery was the mental enslavement, the way they made us believe that we were worth nothing; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/one-of-the-most-tragic-things-about-slavery-was-the-mental/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [Never let anyone silence your voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/never-let-anyone-silence-your-voice/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [For me, seeing our history told in this light, the ones who did rebel, the ones who did revolt, the revolutionaries, excited me. Seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/for-me-seeing-our-history-told-in-this-light-the-ones-who-did-rebel/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [There's a level of shame attached to our history, and we need to replace that shame with pride and own our history. These are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/there-s-a-level-of-shame-attached-to-our-history-and-we-need-to/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [I don't really think about the critics or the commercial success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/i-don-t-really-think-about-the-critics-or-the-commercial-success/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

> [As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jurnee-smollett/as-an-artist-you-want-to-stretch-that-s-the-only-way-you-re-going-to/)

[Jurnee Smollett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jurnee-smollett/)

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