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" I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt. "
Tamara Tunie
Shirt
White
Better
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" I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood. "
Tamara Tunie
Blood
Native
American
" Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground. "
Tamara Tunie
Me
New
New York
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Rest
Pittsburgh
Sunday
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Decision
Step
Opportunities
" When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious choice to close the door on musicals, because I was getting pigeon-holed as a musical theater performer. "
Tamara Tunie
Years
Choice
Door
" Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality. "
Tamara Tunie
Nurture
Individuality
Grow
" You have to continue to grow and evolve as individuals in order for your marriage to evolve. It takes two pillars to support a structure. If those two pillars become one, you have a structure that teeters. "
Tamara Tunie
Structure
Marriage
Grow
" I always watch the work I do. "
Tamara Tunie
Watch
Work
Always
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
New York
Family
Proud
" Understand that the time in the audition is your time. Really own it and take control of it. And do what you prepared. Focus on really executing what it is that you intended to do. "
Tamara Tunie
You
Control
Focus
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
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. "
Tamara Tunie
City
New York
Mother
" 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'. "
Tamara Tunie
People
School
College
" I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown. "
Tamara Tunie
Doing
Always
Party
" The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques. "
Tamara Tunie
Two
Different
Camera
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Normal
Home
Born
" I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day. "
Tamara Tunie
New
Irish
Columbus
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Yourself
Winning
Walk
" I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down. "
Tamara Tunie
Upside Down
Woman
Theatre
" I am always happy to use my song and dance training. "
Tamara Tunie
Song
Training
I Am
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Name
House
Holiday
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Confidence
American
Focus
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Enough
Yourself
Focus
" I believe that you can always learn from observation. "
Tamara Tunie
Always
I Believe
Believe
" Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television. "
Tamara Tunie
Luxury
You
Time
" I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting. "
Tamara Tunie
Long
Long Time
Real
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Home
Happy
Audience
" My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family. "
Tamara Tunie
Family
Heritage
Up
" 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. "
Tamara Tunie
Challenge
Family
Health
" Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things. "
Tamara Tunie
He
Many
Things