113 Quotes by Ruby Dee

My constant battle is putting aside time wasters, and I have to watch out for procrastination. Staying on the path of something you're trying to create has much to do with having confidence in yourself and in your capacity to realize the things you want out of life.

I'm an actor who appreciates direction.

One reason I didn't trust my writing for so long was that I always considered myself a serious dramatic actor. But people would always laugh when I shared my writing with them. It took my husband to help me see that I really am part humorist.

Before I latched onto the concept of stereotypes, not once did I reckon with the fact that I would never be a 'Hollywood starlet.'

Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

My stepmother wanted to be an actress.

My experience for myself as a performer is not one of high expectations.

It is so calming, marriage.

I'd come from a background in New York of picketing and protesting.