Taraji P. Henson Quotes

I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant.

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• Nothing external to you has any power over you.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Power
  • You
  • Nothing

• The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.

  

  Tammy Blanchard
  • Time
  • Best
  • Trust

• I made all my generals out of mud.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Made
  • Mud
  • Generals

• I try to avoid saying 'fantastic' too often and 'obviously' is a dangerous word for all broadcasters.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Try
  • Word
  • Saying

• Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.

  

  Zsa Zsa Gabor
  • Love
  • Inspiration
  • Obligation

• Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

  

  Ralph Bakshi
  • Work
  • Lord
  • Interested

• French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Always
  • Photographer
  • Vogue

• I am always locked in my design studio.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Design
  • Studio
  • Locked

• I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Different
  • Development
  • Percent

• Fundamentally, footballers don't look around a dressing room and think, 'He's a black player... he's Japanese.' They don't think like that. They think, 'He's a good player; he can help. He's not very good.' I'm not trying to defend anyone's actions, but there are going to be isolated incidents because it's an emotive, passionate sport.

  

  Gary Lineker
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Help

• To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Reach

• If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
  • High
  • Practice
  • Walking

• The Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument may be distant from our shores, but it will help us understand how healthy marine ecosystems work and how we can revive troubled seas closer to home.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Work
  • May
  • Home

• I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Work
  • Great
  • Mother

• Have you noticed the physical resemblance between Imran Khan and Gaddafi? If you were making a movie of the life of Gaddafi and you wanted a slightly better-looking version of Gaddafi, you might cast Imran Khan.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Life
  • Movie
  • You

• I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.

  

  Francesco Carrozzini
  • Beautiful
  • Clothes
  • Just

• The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

  

  C. Northcote Parkinson
  • Life
  • Man
  • Lost

• Self-hatred is OK. I have self-hatred, too. It's OK. What's bad is if you don't know how to get out of it, don't know how to manage it. Self-hatred is, in fact, a good thing if you can clearly see the mechanism of it, because it helps you to understand others.

  

  Orhan Pamuk
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Know

• Our daughters are the most precious of our treasures, the dearest possessions of our homes and the objects of our most watchful love.

  

  Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
  • Love
  • Precious
  • Treasures

• She was glad that she had not let on to Lonzo how she felt; a woman has business to be as strong as a man. No, a woman has to be stronger than a man. A man don't mind laying the ax between a calf's eyes; a woman does mind, and has to stand by and watch it done. A man fathers a little un, but a woman feels it shove up against her heart, and beat on her body, and drag on her with its weight. A woman has to be stronger than a man.

  

  Caroline Pafford Miller
  • Man
  • Woman
  • Stronger

• A lot of times what happens is, not even just with child actors, but people in general, is they get so caught up in the now. The hot song, the hot TV show, the hot movie. You're not saying 'OK, this is cool, but where am I trying to be 20 years from now?' That's always been in the forefront of my mind.

  

  Malcolm-Jamal Warner
  • People
  • Up
  • Mind

• I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Girl
  • Like
  • Serious

• I like action-adventure movies.

  

  Ian Ziering
  • Action
  • Like
  • Movies

• I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Like
  • Because
  • Disappear