Sometime in my second year at Brown [University], I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell in love with it. I realized that everything I was afraid of about myself, all my fears, could… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I hope they look at me and think, 'That lady looks like she accepts herself.' — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share
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
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
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
It is important to me to take care of my skin. In general I don't like to wear foundation; I'm not a fan of… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share
We all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing. — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share
My bathroom is filled with hair and makeup stuff and I play with it all the time. What the real lesson is, is that… — Tracee Ellis Ross Copy Share
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