41 Quotes by Danielle Brooks

I've always said that actor years is like dog years: it feels like forever when you're not working.

I've gotten rejected a lot.

It wasn't until I saw 'The Color Purple' on Broadway when I was 15 that I really solidified acting is what I want to do professionally.

I'm a country girl. We lived in a neighborhood, but at the back of the house, there was a little pathway with a creek and a trail. And we would go there, me and my brother. It was always an adventure in our imagination.

Sometimes I need a slower pace, to slow my mind down and just be with nature, go outside.

I grew up spending a lot of time in church, almost every day, whether in choir rehearsal or praise team or Bible study - there was always a reason.

I was always getting caught for running my mouth. Which is why it was the best thing for me to get into acting so I could express myself.

I feel that we all have missions and purposes in life. Part of mine is allowing women to feel beautiful in whatever they put on - or don't put on.

Designing wasn't something that I was always into, but I wasn't able to find clothes that I wanted to wear. I wanted to be able to walk into any store and have an idea of what I want and go and get it.