Alfre Woodard

I have always done what I wanted to do.

— Alfre Woodard

Everyone has the impulse to be elite.

— Alfre Woodard

Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to…

— Alfre Woodard

After 9/11 and the impending actors' strike of a few years ago, roles dried up for everyone.

— Alfre Woodard

You very seldom see a picture where you watch the process of falling in love.

— Alfre Woodard

I was like, wait a minute. When I hear my sisters' names, I want to have a joyful feeling in my heart…

— Alfre Woodard

Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market.

— Alfre Woodard

People live a lot freer in their body and their voices and their moves than people act onscreen.

— Alfre Woodard

When you expect good, it's available constantly, and it makes itself a reality in your life.

— Alfre Woodard

Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn't like, but I've stopped complaining about mine because I don't want to…

— Alfre Woodard

I think people need to understand that with plays and with cinema, when you hear about it, call and get a ticket…

— Alfre Woodard

And I communed with many different faiths and even when I wanted to be rebellious I never did not believe in Him.…

— Alfre Woodard

Does my character hate Bree? Well, let's just put it this way. Bree hasn't seen the last of me. I gave that…

— Alfre Woodard

Television studios bet the farm on reality shows, where they didn't need any actors and movie studios had no plans for any…

— Alfre Woodard

As an adult after college and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian…

— Alfre Woodard

I can't say too much about it because I don't know a lot. We're not told what's in store for our characters…

— Alfre Woodard

The ones I love most are the people who the flaws show. I like doing characters that we see the total person.…

— Alfre Woodard

I identify myself as an actor, because I feel like you don't go to the doctress, you go to the doctor; it…

— Alfre Woodard

When black women stick together, we are the most powerful force in the universe.

— Alfre Woodard

I am not getting any younger and am taking a new approach to life.

— Alfre Woodard

I rather go to see a good play than be in one.

— Alfre Woodard

I just had a full body cleanse. And am eating right and exercising a lot.

— Alfre Woodard

The Playtex Secrets survey truly uncovered some thought-provoking and provocative secrets of real American housewives. In fact, many of the findings would…

— Alfre Woodard

When you feel a connection, a gut connection, a heart connection, it's a very special thing. What's familiar to everyone is watching…

— Alfre Woodard

A good writer - and I think it's this way with actors too - even if you have two lines, you have…

— Alfre Woodard

Americans have a hard time writing moms. I'll get a script and everything's really great and well-drawn, but the mom is like…

— Alfre Woodard