Taraji P. Henson Quotes

• With TV, you get on a show and you’re there for 11 years playing the same character. I would pull my hair out. Yes, the money is good. But I’m really not in this business to chase dollars.

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• When I come home, it’s about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to basketball. I don’t have a lot of time to think about me.

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• Something happens to a woman when she can’t reproduce. I’ve not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don’t work and how that could make you feel.

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• I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz story that we haven’t seen before. I would love to do that! I would love to play Diana Ross ’cause she’s an icon. I’m salivating to do that.

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• I don’t think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don’t have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.

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• I don’t harp on the negative because if you do, then there’s no progression. There’s no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.

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• A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man’s position is to protect her, help her up stairs, make sure she’s in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky’s the limit!

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• With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it’s breathtaking.

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• Well, for one, I don’t judge my characters.

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• The best thing about being in New York is the people, and you get to walk everywhere.

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• Singing is something I can do, but it’s not my first passion.

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• Once you’re a mom, always a mom. It’s like riding a bike, you never forget.

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• Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.

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• If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn’t hold it against him.

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• I’ve been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.

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• I’m really silly. That’s the thing that people don’t get.

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• I’m nothing without God.

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• I’m not interested in disposable music.

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• I’m not a selfish actor. I believe that it’s a team effort. You’re not in a scene by yourself.

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• I’m always confident when I sign up for a project that it’s going to be good. That’s why I sign up for it.

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Taraji P. Henson (43)

Birth:	11th September, 1970
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actress, Singer

About

Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Yvette in Baby Boy, Shug in Hustle and Flow and Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2009. From 2011 to 2013, she co-starred in the CBS drama Person of Interest.

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