59 Quotes by Phylicia Rashad

I am just myself, and who I am is a lot...

There’s all kinds of mothers, so to use the label ‘mother’ and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she’s a mother, is a mistake.

There’s always something to suggest that you’ll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.

When you’re free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself.

Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that’s really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do – that has nothing to do with anything.

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I’d have gone crazy long ago.

Acting’s not about nose jobs and liposuction. It’s about being truthful to what you’re doing.

How is it that you profess love for God but can’t accept another human being?

I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That’s not just between blacks and whites. That’s between all religions as well.