List of Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes

Because Of My Unique Experience As My Mom's Child, The Beginning Of My Journey Was More About Me Trying To Figure Out Who I Was On My Own. My Mom Is One Of The Greatest Moms And So Supportive Of All My Siblings And Of All Of Us Being Who We Are, And Not Who She Wanted Us To Be.

Nothing Goes To Windward Like A 747.

There Are A Ton Of Foods That Are Great For You, That's Like An Indulgence.

I Think Television Is Doing A Better Job Than Films In Terms Of Representing People, But Television Is Still Not Diverse.

I'm A Farmer's Market Girl, So If You Go And Get Beautiful, Fresh Fruit, That's Local, And It Hasn't Been Frozen Yet, It's Pretty Fantastic.

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. I Saw Gloria Steinem Speak, And I Was Just Like, Shut The Front Door. She Was Saying That She Didn't Come Into Her Own Until Her 40s, And She Was Asking Herself The Question, Why Should She Have To Get Married? And I Just Thank God Someone Asked That Question, Right? I Think We're The First Generation Of Women Asking Ourselves Certain Questions And Deciding For Ourselves.

You Might Be Someone's Favorite, But You Might Not Be Someone Else's Favorite. I Will Tell You That There Was A [casting Notice] That Said "tracee Ellis Ross Type," But [the Producers] Didn't Want To See Me. I've Been In This Industry Long Enough To Know That Even If Someone Wants To Promise Me Something, It Doesn't Mean That It's Going To Happen. There Are So Many Things At Play. But It Was Flattering And Exciting.

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 Of Them Have Won Oscars - Maybe That Means I Might One Day.

And It [acting] Was Exciting To Me. And Scary.

I Doubted Black-ish , And I'll Tell You Why. Because It Doesn't Matter If A Writer Wrote It For You. He Could've Written It With You In Mind. But Tv Is A Collaborative Art. It Involves Producers, Networks, Studios, And Many People Signing Off On You. And A Lot Of Times There Are Deals In Place - Actors With Studios That They're Looking For Shows For.

After College, I Shot A Pilot For A Show On Lifetime, Which Was Basically House Of Style For A Tv Lover. I Think I Got Paid $1,500, And I Was Like, "mom, I'm Moving Out! I Made It!" I Did Two Seasons Of That, But I Felt Like A Talking Head And Wanted To Do More.

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 Be Used In That World.