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" Having been in the business for a while, I never like to look forward. You kind of enjoy what's happening while it's happening and leave the rest up to God, the angels, the trees, the stars - whatever you want to call it. "

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" My mom had beautiful clothes. My mom is elegant; my mom is glamorous. But my mom is also really real, and I grew up with a mother who had babies crawling on her head and spitting up on her when she was wearing gorgeous, expensive things, and it was never an issue. "

Tracee Ellis Ross

She

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" Using my voice to recognize and celebrate other women is a joy for me. "

" I always had a thin frame, but when you hit 40 and eat french fries three days in a row, it's like, 'What happened?' "

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" My natural disposition is pretty joyful, but you know, I have bad days and sad moments like anybody else. "

" Career-wise, there are so many things where you don't get what you think you want. I've had to make space for, 'Do I let that debilitate me and make me feel bad about myself? And make me feel like I need to change myself in some way?' Because I think changing myself is very different from growing and learning. "

" I think that complicated, nuanced, deep, heavy - that's the place to go. That's what makes a great show. That's what all of us deal with in life. "

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" I'm trying to find a little joy and happiness, a lot of giggles - and maybe some pretty shoes. "

" The experience of being a mixed person is all over the place - one of my best friends is Chinese and Italian; my other best friend is Lebanese and Trinidadian. The mix of heritage, culture or identity is something that our country is built on. "

" I listen to my body. Some days all I want is a good steak and others, I crave veggies and quinoa. "

" For so many years, I was trying to beat my hair into submission, trying to get it to look like someone else's hair, and I didn't know how. I remember going through a phase where I even put beer in my hair, because I was told that would make it smooth and curly. "

" I used to think 40 was old. Now I think, 'Hey, 40's hot!' "

" I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it. "

" Julia Louis-Dreyfus is like a hero, to have played different comedic roles. She gets sexier, funnier, and better with time. "

Tracee Ellis Ross

She

Time

" 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. "

Tracee Ellis Ross

Child

She

" In the context of our world, sizes 8 and 10 are teeny, but not for Hollywood. I had to ask myself, 'Do I want to be somebody who worries about what I'm eating? Or do I want to find a balance where I can be healthy and not consumed by that and maybe have to buy some larger pants?' I bought new pants. "

" I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night. "

" On 'Black-ish,' I like my makeup to be really natural - so much that I can do it myself. My character is a mother of four and a doctor and a wife, who would not have time to be putting on eyeshadow or curling her lashes. "

" Keeping the facts differentiated from the fantasy is incredibly helpful in gathering your information as you discover if a person is a match for you. "

" I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay. "

" In this day and age, I ask anyone I date right away: 'Are you married? Are you in a relationship with anyone? Does anyone think they're in a relationship with you?' And by the way, if someone says, 'Yes, I am dating other people,' that's not necessarily a deal breaker. But you have to communicate it, not hide it. "

" We should all do what we can in our daily lives to remember that we are glorious and powerful. "

" Everyone's always like, 'Be your best self!' And that drives me bananas, because when you're not, it makes you feel really bad. "

" I don't want to feel shamed into making a choice about my physical appearance or my body... or even about the choices I make about my life. I want to be feel empowered and inspired because they feel good to me. "

" I cook naked, and I walk around naked. I'm very comfortable with my body. "

" If wearing a weave is what makes you feel beautiful, if wearing a wig, if wearing your hair pink, blue, that's what matters, in my opinion. "

" I feel like I'm on the inside for the first time. Inside the castle. I have an Emmy nomination! "

" What I think is exciting is that, to a certain extent, there is a revolution happening where black women are owning their own beauty, despite the standard of beauty that in the past has not had space for it. "

" I think, for me, my goal is to continue to be teachable. I can't see around corners, but I want to be able to walk enough in my life where I go around more corners than I ever thought I could go around. "

Tracee Ellis Ross

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Thought

" Every two months, I'll get a trim, and every two years, I'll get a cut. And my night ritual is that I go to sleep. I don't wrap my hair, I don't bun my hair, I don't do crap! "

Tracee Ellis Ross

Sleep

Years

" I've never felt like I was in my mother's shadow. If anything, I felt like I was in her embrace. "