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" 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
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" The first thing I do is brush my teeth - we like to start the morning with fresh breath - and put on my pajamas and meander down to the kitchen for a glass of orange juice. No coffee. No caffeine. "
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" 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. "
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" I believe that you can always learn from observation. "
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" I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood. "
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American
" I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done. "
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" 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. "
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" When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University. "
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" We sit and read the paper in conjunction with having a little breakfast. Usually fruit salad, or I make myself a smoothie with rice milk, coconut water and yogurt. "
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Breakfast
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Myself
" The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques. "
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Camera
" 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. "
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Woman
Theatre
" 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. "
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Marriage
Grow
" 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. "
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New York
Mother
" Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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Shirt
White
Better
" 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. "
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You
Control
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" 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. "
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You
Time
" There was a time, actually, when I hadn't been singing, and I'd lost a lot of my ability. My range had shrunk. "
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Ability
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" 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. "
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New York
Family
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" 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. "
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Choice
Door
" 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. "
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Family
Heritage
Up
" I was very good in all the maths and sciences. "
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Very
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" The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married. "
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" 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'. "
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" 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. "
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" Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality. "
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