I eat in the same philosophy that I live with: joyfully!

Tracee Ellis Ross

Politics is tricky for me. For most of my life, I didn't think it applied to me.

Tracee Ellis Ross

In my late 20s, I realized that I had a very clear social conscience and strong opinions about things like diversity, equality, and education, and while I tried to become more politically literate, I just couldn't catch on. It felt like I had walked into a movie that had already started, and no one would explain what had happened.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Even if politicians spew confusing, convoluted jargon, these people are still meant to represent me, and the only way that happens is if I stay informed and vote.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I've heard people say, 'Why do you have to do a show that's called 'Black Girls Rock'?' or 'Why is there an expression called 'black girl magic'?' You know, when you say, 'Save the dolphins,' you don't mean, 'I don't like whales.' That's just not the way it works!

Tracee Ellis Ross

There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen.

Tracee Ellis Ross

There is no right way to do life.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I think that complicated, nuanced, deep, heavy - that's the place to go. That's what makes a great show. That's what all of us deal with in life.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I always had a thin frame, but when you hit 40 and eat french fries three days in a row, it's like, 'What happened?'

Tracee Ellis Ross

There are things about my body that I don't love, but I'm not trying to look perfect every day - I'm trying to look like me!

Tracee Ellis Ross

Everyone's always like, 'Be your best self!' And that drives me bananas, because when you're not, it makes you feel really bad.

Tracee Ellis Ross

We live in a culture where people are constantly telling us how to get what we want, and within that message is, 'You need to be something other than you are.'

Tracee Ellis Ross

Career-wise, there are so many things where you don't get what you think you want. I've had to make space for, 'Do I let that debilitate me and make me feel bad about myself? And make me feel like I need to change myself in some way?' Because I think changing myself is very different from growing and learning.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Using my voice to recognize and celebrate other women is a joy for me.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I think it's possible to have a vision for your life that goes beyond any circumstance of anything that you've ever seen, and I encourage people to do that. But I don't think that any of us can do that in a vacuum.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I feel like our culture is so good at pulling other people down and being so judgmental, but there's space for all of us to be who we are. There's space for us to celebrate each other and root for each other and not take each other down.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I was watching the Nina Simone documentary alone in my room, and I said out loud to myself, 'Why do we not know that this woman is beauty? She is beauty! Why did no one tell me this growing up? Why was her name not next to 'beauty' in the dictionary?'

Tracee Ellis Ross

My goal is to make space for my selfhood. All of it. All of me, not just the parts I like or think that others like but all of it.

Tracee Ellis Ross

So about this Fierce and Fearless award, honestly, I am often afraid. I was terrified when I lost my voice. But I've come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk towards it. I lean into it to find the information and things that it has to teach me - unless it says run, and then I run.

Tracee Ellis Ross

I think we're as happy as we make up our minds to be.

Tracee Ellis Ross

Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes

I eat in the same philosophy that I live with: joyfully!

Politics is tricky for me. For most of my life, I didn't think it applied to me.

Even if politicians spew confusing, convoluted jargon, these people are still meant to represent me, and the only way that happens is if I stay informed and vote.

I've heard people say, 'Why do you have to do a show that's called 'Black Girls Rock'?' or 'Why is there an expression called 'black girl magic'?' You know, when you say, 'Save the dolphins,' you don't mean, 'I don't like whales.' That's just not the way it works!

There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with responsibility... to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen.

There is no right way to do life.

I think that complicated, nuanced, deep, heavy - that's the place to go. That's what makes a great show. That's what all of us deal with in life.

I always had a thin frame, but when you hit 40 and eat french fries three days in a row, it's like, 'What happened?'

There are things about my body that I don't love, but I'm not trying to look perfect every day - I'm trying to look like me!

Everyone's always like, 'Be your best self!' And that drives me bananas, because when you're not, it makes you feel really bad.

We live in a culture where people are constantly telling us how to get what we want, and within that message is, 'You need to be something other than you are.'

Using my voice to recognize and celebrate other women is a joy for me.

I think it's possible to have a vision for your life that goes beyond any circumstance of anything that you've ever seen, and I encourage people to do that. But I don't think that any of us can do that in a vacuum.

I feel like our culture is so good at pulling other people down and being so judgmental, but there's space for all of us to be who we are. There's space for us to celebrate each other and root for each other and not take each other down.

I was watching the Nina Simone documentary alone in my room, and I said out loud to myself, 'Why do we not know that this woman is beauty? She is beauty! Why did no one tell me this growing up? Why was her name not next to 'beauty' in the dictionary?'

My goal is to make space for my selfhood. All of it. All of me, not just the parts I like or think that others like but all of it.

So about this Fierce and Fearless award, honestly, I am often afraid. I was terrified when I lost my voice. But I've come to understand and listen to the fear. I walk towards it. I lean into it to find the information and things that it has to teach me - unless it says run, and then I run.

I think we're as happy as we make up our minds to be.