Too many people I've loved dearly have left this earth. And some I've lost are still here breathing the same air. That grief can be comparable if not worse in its consumption. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Every role is a potential lover. I ask: Are they someone I want to wake up to in the morning and go to bed… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm not married, nor do I want to be. I'm the loving kind but not the marrying kind, though I am romantic. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Pain doesn't have a face and pain doesn't have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something else; but… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
The roles that I feel I get, or handed to me, or whatever, are not that interesting. I don't think it's a problem that's… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Pain doesnt have a face and pain doesnt have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I think that when a film does its job, it poses questions rather than gives answers. It should act as a frustrating counselor who,… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Too many people I've loved dearly have left this earth. And some I've lost are still here breathing the same air. That grief can… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I think a film is a failure if it doesn't have an emotional effect. That's the film's failure. Not if it doesn't deliver a… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
