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" As a kid, I was obsessed with Meryl Streep, and I still am. "
Grace Gealey
Meryl Streep
Still
Obsessed
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" Even though there will be times when I'll need to protect myself - there will definitely be times when I'll have to put up my guard just to monitor what comes in and out of my life - there's a grace there... no pun intended! "
Grace Gealey
Myself
My Life
Grace
" Back home, we watch a lot of movies, and that was never available to us. When I came to America, I was like, 'No, it's really coming out this Friday? Not three months from now?' "
Grace Gealey
Home
Friday
America
" Having racially diverse casts on television is a more accurate depiction of the demographic of the world we live in. "
Grace Gealey
More
Television
Having
" I would love to share the screen with Meryl Streep, wouldn't we all? I would love to work with Spielberg and Scorsese; that would be lovely. I'm also a huge fan of Johnny Depp and the way he creates his characters, so that would be fun. I mean, any of the greats, really. "
Grace Gealey
Love
Fun
Lovely
" Living the life I have lived - being raised by deaf parents, assimilating to a different culture, and the challenges I have faced over time - has given me insight to the fact that each person has their own complex, intricate story, and it's rarely what I suspect it is. We must have compassion and grace for each other. We must. "
Grace Gealey
Compassion
Culture
Time
" I'm really easy to please and not high-maintenance at all. I like that chill, not stressed-out kind of lifestyle. "
Grace Gealey
Like
Kind
Lifestyle
" There's competition among women everywhere you go. But back home, we understand that you can look like a variety of things and still be from the same culture. What I'm saying is that I've never felt like I was a light-skinned black woman. Never felt that way because we shared the same culture back home. "
Grace Gealey
Women
Competition
Woman
" 'Empire' deals with the black experience, the human experience, sibling rivalry, what it feels like to be ignored or doted upon by a parent, illness, death. There are so many things that I think the audience can identify with. "
Grace Gealey
Sibling
Black
Think
" We need you. The best version of you. You're here for a reason, and we can't wait to see what that is. Stay in your lane. Run that race. "
Grace Gealey
You
Wait
Run
" Are we truly being our sisters' keepers? Initially, that dog-eat-dog mentality within us may bark and say that we aren't responsible for other people, but if that was truly the case, then why are we even here? We have so much to offer and give to this world. "
Grace Gealey
World
Why
Say
" When I came to America, that's when I started to feel that there was a lot of push-back from women. I was definitely made aware that I am light-skinned. I realized that was a thing here. "
Grace Gealey
Lot
America
I Am
" I understand that there are a few roles out there and tons of actors. Just because you don't get the big break doesn't mean you're not worthy or that what you have to offer isn't valid. "
Grace Gealey
Understand
Big
You
" My mother is Afro-Caribbean and my father is Caucasian-American, and I was born in Pennsylvania and moved to the Cayman Islands when I was about 2. So I grew up there with my mother, and it's really all I know. I grew up there until it was time to go to college, and that's when I moved back to America. "
Grace Gealey
Mother
Father
College
" There a lot of other things I love to do. I consider myself as an artist, so I dance, I paint, I sing, so as long as I'm creating, I'm happy. "
Grace Gealey
Myself
Happy
Dance
" I used to have really long hair. It was a big fro with mad curls. "
Grace Gealey
Hair
Long
Long Hair
" As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance. "
Grace Gealey
Child
Performance
Drama
" I don't have time to beat myself up over my fallible nature. Instead I use my energy to learn from my past and let it inform my future. It's time to own all of our glory, mistakes, mess and light and be gentle to ourselves. Let's be kind to our spirits and celebrate the truth of our hearts. "
Grace Gealey
Truth
Time
Past
" I used to run around barefoot and climb trees and pick fruit and sell it on the side of the road like a real island girl. "
Grace Gealey
Road
Climb
Fruit
" I was raised by a single black deaf woman, so I am as independent as they come. "
Grace Gealey
Woman
Deaf
Black
" I'm a night owl. "
Grace Gealey
Night
Owl
" Lift others and yourself as you rise above this mess of comparison. Thank God for those who embraced their true selves and gave us gifts that only they could give: from Steve Jobs to Michael Jackson to Ray Charles to Mark Twain. There are so many more, and the list goes on. "
Grace Gealey
Rise Above
Thank God
Yourself
" Instead of wanting to be better than other people, let's channel that energy to be better than we were yesterday and then again to be the best we can be tomorrow. "
Grace Gealey
Energy
People
Best
" The best work we can ever do in this world is work on being the greatest version of ourselves so we can continue to give the highest version of this to others. "
Grace Gealey
Others
World
Greatest
" When I look around at this world, we women need each other so badly, it breaks my heart. Sisterhood is dissipating, and we aren't doing nearly enough to salvage it. Eliminate the crazies in your life, yes. But also look again at those around you. "
Grace Gealey
Women
You
World
" The greatest lesson I have learned in life is that I am enough simply because I have been given life. Growing up, I constantly found myself trying to please others because I wanted to be included and validated. I expended myself completely. "
Grace Gealey
Myself
Growing Up
Trying
" Honestly, I'm very much a tomboy. "
Grace Gealey
Very
Tomboy
Much
" I honestly believe in a force that's larger than our own. "
Grace Gealey
Our
Believe
Force
" Everybody has a different journey. Everybody has a different path, and you don't really know what to expect. All you know is to just keep plugging away, and you hope something will come through and something will happen. "
Grace Gealey
Will
Hope
You
" There's something scary, knowing that in Florida, someone can pick you up in a car and drive you to 50 states. Back home, it's like, 'Girl, you're 15 minutes away.' "
Grace Gealey
Drive
You
Home
" I find that when I put too much makeup on, or I use a certain brand, my skin will break out. I tend to gravitate towards water-based foundations because my skin absorbs them a little better and it doesn't break out as much. I use Hourglass Mineral Veil. It's so amazing. "
Grace Gealey
Brand
Makeup
Too Much