33 Quotes by Khandi Alexander

This hiatus coming up I’m looking at a comedy because I need the balance.

I think, often times, it’s the audience that suffers when a show isn’t given the opportunity to have a beginning, middle and end.

So the only things I was being allowed to audition for were small roles in comedies. It broke my heart. No one would see me for anything else. I knew, in order to open up my career, I had to leave or that’s all I would ever be given.

On 'Scandal,' the majority of the cast, if not all of the cast, comes from theater, so it's a healthy environment. People come into work and actually go home to their families.

I have always loved Scott Foley.

I don't know anyone who's 100 percent pure - nor do I have any interest in portraying anyone like that.

I never saw a consistent through-line of employment for black actresses. I was like, 'How are they supporting themselves?'

When you stop to take a minute and look at Queen Latifah's career, she came out of the box right. You know, 'Ladies First!' And she's been consistent with that message of female self-empowerment. She really has!

I love playing characters that are unrecognizable.