Kat Graham Quotes

Kat Graham

Profession : Actress

Birth : September 5, 1989

I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.

Kat Graham

Work always comes first as an actor.

Kat Graham

I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.

Kat Graham

I learned about poise and dignity, and I learned about what it means to be an African-American in television and what that requires in terms of what kind of position you take for yourself and how you define your own reality in a world that is still finding its footing, to say the least.

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I learned that it's OK to be stubborn about your craft, and it's OK to demand excellence from the industry.

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I'm like, 'Why aren't artists owning their masters? Why are labels robbing artists dry, and they have to spend all this time on tour to even break even?' Like, what happened? Why are they promoting things that aren't either socially conscious or elevating the human consciousness?

Kat Graham

I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.

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Before 'The Vampire Diaries,' I was making beats, which is how I got will.i.am's attention, and I went on tour with him.

Kat Graham

'Roxbury Drive' was the street I grew up on as a little kid, and it was the street that I first listened to records on, and where I actually really first fell in love with music.

Kat Graham

I think Sephora is great; it's so accessible, and there are so many different palettes that you can get.

Kat Graham

MAC Cosmetics is incredible for lips; I always wear it.

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I think that with beauty, people jump to the end instead of starting from the beginning with a good lotion or prep.

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When I first started performing, the only community that truly got what I was trying to do was the LGBTQ community.

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When I moved to Atlanta, I felt like an outsider - away from my friends and family except for the LGBTQ community.

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I think with girlfriends, you always want your girlfriends to make the decisions for themselves, not based on a boy, not based on anything other than, 'Is this what you want?' Is this you know what you want to do?' And that's real support to me.

Kat Graham

I'm somebody who listens to a lot of funk, a lot of James Brown, and I want to be somebody who contributes all that energy to the mainstream.

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I have to hear more live instrumentation, more band and more funk, and I don't hear enough of it, so I created it myself.

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I'm into Gucci a lot, like vintage '70s everything. I'm into Versace.

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There's not one day that goes by that I'm not listening to one of my songs or in rehearsal for one of my songs or dancing to one of my songs.

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I wanted to be the first female, young teenager producer, and it didn't happen. And when it finally did happen, I was shelved because I was signed to Warner Bros.

Kat Graham