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" All you have is yourself and what you have to present, and just focus on that. And if you can walk out of the audition and say to yourself, 'I hit all my beats,' 'I accomplished my emotional honesty,' or 'I remembered my words,' then that's winning. "
Yourself
Winning
Walk
" Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things. "
He
Many
Things
" Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality. "
Nurture
Individuality
Grow
" Fortunately, I'm known as the hardest-working woman in showbiz, not to compete with James Brown. I've always been a multi-tasker. "
Always
Been
Woman
" Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge. "
Challenge
Family
Health
" I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt. "
Shirt
White
Better
" I always watch the work I do. "
Watch
Work
Always
" I am always happy to use my song and dance training. "
Song
Training
I Am
" I appreciate being able to give back to charities I care about such as the American Diabetes Association - my older sister passed away from diabetes - and Figure Skating in Harlem, which teaches young girls about confidence, focus and goal-setting. "
Confidence
American
Focus
" I believe in saying 'yes.' I love to work, and I always believe that the schedule can work out if everything is willing to allow it to work out. "
Believe
Saying
Work
" I believe that you can always learn from observation. "
Always
I Believe
Believe
" I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew. "
Normal
Home
Born
" I grew up in a funeral home. Both my parents were morticians. "
Were
Up
Parents
" I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few. "
Name
House
Holiday
" I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood. "
Blood
Native
American
" I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot. "
Enough
Yourself
Focus
" I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done. "
Done
About
Beauty
" I'm always happy and most at home on the stage. I love film and television, but I love live performance... your immediacy with the audience, it makes all the difference in the world. "
Home
Happy
Audience
" I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football. "
Rest
Pittsburgh
Sunday
" I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day. "
New
Irish
Columbus
" I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub. "
Nightclub
Singing
Missed
" I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown. "
Doing
Always
Party
" I took the whole college prep trajectory, and then in my senior year of high school, I decided that performing was something that I had always done as a kid, and I loved it... I said, 'This makes people happy when I do this, I feel good, I get to pretend and explore other areas and learn so much'. "
People
School
College
" I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities. "
Decision
Step
Opportunities
" I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running. "
Show
Up
Running
" I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting. "
Long
Long Time
Real
" I've lived in New York for thirty years now, but I'm a proud Pittsburgher, and home is home. My family's still in Pittsburgh. "
New York
Family
Proud
" I wake up late, say 10 or 11, because we've usually been out and about town until 2 or 3 A.M. listening to music at the jazz clubs or hitting the jazz clubs post-theater. "
Wake Up
Jazz
Late
" I wanted to make a home that was similar to the kind of home that my mother made. To be able to create something like that in my adopted city, New York City, one of the toughest cities on the planet, is really special. "
City
New York
Mother
" I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth. "
Done
Lot
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