You might be someone's favorite, but you might not be someone else's favorite. I will tell you that there was a [casting notice] that said "Tracee Ellis Ross type," but [the producers] didn't want to see me. I've been in… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
[Black-ish creator] Kenya Bariss wrote on Girlfriends. We've been friendly since then. He sent me [the pilot] and said, "I wrote it for you." But I know what that means in this industry. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
I buy what makes my heart sing. So, it's not that I follow one specific track. It's sort of what I like. I love… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
I was cast in a movie [originally] called Mr. Spreckman's Boat, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Jennifer Connelly. I felt like an "actress." Both… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren't what pulls us apart. It's what pulls us together. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
It would drive the photographers crazy because I would giggle and tell jokes. I was gregarious, and looking back, I realize I had a… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
The two things that I thought were really interesting about this character [Bow] for me were that she actually loved her husband, and he… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
I hope they look at me and think, 'That lady looks like she accepts herself.' — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
Why am I beating my hair up? Because I want it to look like something that it isn't? These are questions that I've been… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
Getting to a place where I am comfortable saying things was hard-earned for me. I've chewed on the ground glass of my own experience.… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
I don't know that the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a child of somebody hugely famous necessarily comes into play in… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share Image
![“You might be someone's favorite, but you might not be someone else's favorite. I will tell you that there was a [casting notice] that said "Tracee Ellis Ross type," but [the producers] didn't want to see me. I've been in this industry long enough to know that even if someone wants to promise me…” quote by Tracee Ellis Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/538/tracee-ellis-ross-8946_casting_you-might-be-someone-s-favorite-but-you_1320704.jpg)
![“[Black-ish creator] Kenya Bariss wrote on Girlfriends. We've been friendly since then. He sent me [the pilot] and said, "I wrote it for you." But I know what that means in this industry.” quote by Tracee Ellis Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/19e/tracee-ellis-ross-8946_black_black-ish-creator-kenya-bariss-wrote-on_2584337.jpg)
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