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" 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

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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. "

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

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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. "

" I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt. "

" When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown. "

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

Tamara Tunie

New

New York

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I always watch the work I do. "

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

" 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 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 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running. "

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