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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. "

Tamara Tunie

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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. "

" I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting. "

" There was a time, actually, when I hadn't been singing, and I'd lost a lot of my ability. My range had shrunk. "

" Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am always happy to use my song and dance training. "

" I believe that you can always learn from observation. "

" I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood. "

" I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub. "

" 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. "

" Fortunately, I'm known as the hardest-working woman in showbiz, not to compete with James Brown. I've always been a multi-tasker. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth. "

Tamara Tunie

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" Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground. "

Tamara Tunie

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New York

" I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was very good in all the maths and sciences. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'. "

" I grew up in a funeral home. Both my parents were morticians. "

Tamara Tunie

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