39 Quotes by Gina Torres

Jessica Pearson isn’t a unicorn. She’s not a mythological creature. She’s an example of so many women out there that are ruling their part of the world and doing an incredible job.

There aren’t very many women of color in positions of power, period. Much less on television.

I would love to take off the stilettos and put the boots back on. Strap something to my hip, and let’s go!

Life is about choices, and the grace - or lack thereof - with which you execute them is a make-or-break moment in anyone's life.

There's a little bit of me in everybody that I play.

It's important to have strong images of women out there, women who aren't afraid of expressing themselves, women who aren't afraid of taking chances, women who aren't afraid of their own power.

Superwoman is motivated by power and money and sex, and sex and money and power. Who can't relate to that?

The older I get, I just don't know. But, there is absolutely that part of me that watches action shows and goes, 'I can still do that. I can still roll with that. I stay in shape. I keep it together. I stay strong.'

My first time on camera was 'One Life to Live.' I mourn for actors coming up that the daytime soap opera is becoming extinct. It's theater onscreen.