Before Quote by Cicely Tyson

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

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

I have learned not to allow rejection to move me.

— Cicely Tyson

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

Age is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts that we could possibly ever have.

— Cicely Tyson

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

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

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

I will lead my people out of bondage, Lord.

— Cicely Tyson

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

We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?

— Cicely Tyson

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