I get hired to be a certain character, but I cannot change my look especially since I have been in the business this long. I can't gain 20 pounds and wonder why I am not working anymore or I'd have… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
The thing that I've learned is to stay ready to be ready, and I tell this to young people all the time. You don't have time to get ready. So, what that means to me is if you don't like your hair, your weave is wack, your teeth need fixing, if your attitude needs adjusting and you need therapy, you… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share
God has created you and be proud of it. Don't hide from your age. Don't lie about it. Don't be ashamed of it and… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
Anytime anybody asks you to do anything that is celebrating you or highlighting your life, just the fact that they cared enough about me,… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
One thing I've learned in my career is that you don't have to answer people right away. I've learned how to say, "Can I get back to you about that?" Now I've given myself time to really assess what you asked me to do or what the situation is, think about it, then come up with a plan. Then by… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share
Don't be ashamed of your age. You've lived a long time. You've learned a lot. Tout you knowledge. Be proud of your experience. Be… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
Whitney won't ever even know what it's like to be 50. Whitney will never know what it's like to be 50. She died before… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
Women are age-shamed. Women should they be put out to pasture. And it's not about people trying to look like me at 60. I'm… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
I realized that a dancer's life is very short and I had so much of a creative energy in me that I needed outlets… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
I like Twitter, actually and I like Instagram and I like talking to people. Most weeks, I'll take a day, a morning or two… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
Actors have to stay ready and be ready. They need to adjust things in their life, whether it be hair, teeth, take the time… — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
My motto is: look your best, feel your best, but most of all, be your best at any age. — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
If something scares you, you run toward it, not away from it. — Vanessa Bell Calloway Copy Share Image
