Phylicia Rashad Quotes

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.

You have to learn how to care about people without taking on all of their problems.

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.

I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.

How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

I believe the universe conspires to give you everything you desire.

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.

Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.

Where the women go, the culture goes.

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself.

There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

I am having a good time doing nothing.

There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.

The act of giving expands one's entire life experience because nothing is more fulfilling than one's capacity to give.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

When I look at the work, if it speaks to me, I'll say 'yes' and if the work doesn't resonate with me, I'll politely decline.

I want people to see some of their own humanity no matter who they are.

Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.

When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.

A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin.

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well.

As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.

I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together.

Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.

If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?