The moment anyone tries to demean or degrade you in any way, you have to know how great you are. Nobody would bother to beat you down if you were not a threat. — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us - I was the middle child - and we spent our time in church from Sunday morning to… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch, what make you go beyond the… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me, and… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
Age is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts that we could possibly ever have. — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
I saw that I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. So I made a choice to use my career as… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them? — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women… — Cicely Tyson Copy Share Image
