I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a black man. It's not just a feel-good vote. It's the idea of electing someone who really… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I think that when a film does its job, it poses questions rather than gives answers. It should act as a frustrating counselor who, at your bidding for advice, says, 'What do you think?' I think that's some of what… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Every role is a potential lover. I ask: Are they someone I want to wake up to in the morning and go to bed… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I don't think that a vote for Barack Obama is a symbolic thing. I think it's much more than that. It's not just a… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm not married, nor do I want to be. I'm the loving kind but not the marrying kind, though I am romantic. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Pain doesn't have a face and pain doesn't have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Sitcoms are incredibly limiting. When you do a sitcom and it becomes a signature part for you, it's harder to do something else; but… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Black women are supposed to be 'strong,' but the burden of carrying our race and carrying our families adds the pressure. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
The roles that I feel I get, or handed to me, or whatever, are not that interesting. I don't think it's a problem that's… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Pain doesnt have a face and pain doesnt have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal. — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I think that when a film does its job, it poses questions rather than gives answers. It should act as a frustrating counselor who,… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
Too many people I've loved dearly have left this earth. And some I've lost are still here breathing the same air. That grief can… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
I think a film is a failure if it doesn't have an emotional effect. That's the film's failure. Not if it doesn't deliver a… — Aunjanue Ellis Copy Share Image
