36 Quotes by Alfre Woodard

Everyone has the impulse to be elite.

As an adult after college and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian Science. I was using that when I didn't know it. Saying yes to the Light and your better instinct.

After 9/11 and the impending actors' strike of a few years ago, roles dried up for everyone.

I was like, wait a minute. When I hear my sisters' names, I want to have a joyful feeling in my heart about it.

I identify myself as an actor, because I feel like you don't go to the doctress, you go to the doctor; it doesn't matter what the gender is. I think actresses worry about eyelashes and cellulite, and women who are actors worry about the characters we are playing. A separate category is another way of making us a special-interest group.

Once our storyline gets under way, I just hope people don't throw cabbages at me in the market.

When black women stick together, we are the most powerful force in the universe.

When you expect good, it's available constantly, and it makes itself a reality in your life.

Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn't like, but I've stopped complaining about mine because I don't want to critique nature's handiwork ... My job is simply to allow the light to shine out of the masterpiece.