Essence Atkins Professions : Film actress Born : February 7, 1972 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Essence Atkins Challenges, when you're in a tumultuous situation, are an opportunity to grow, an opportunity to get closer to God, an opportunity to find and kind of reform yourself, and to figure out what really matters and what your priorities are. Essence Atkins priorities challenges opportunity After 35, I felt like I'd been in these relationships; some were great, some weren't so great, but they weren't right partnerships. Essence Atkins partnership felt Reality TV is really just based for sensationalism. So, it's extreme versions and extreme caricatures of personalities. Essence Atkins tvs personality reality When I look in the mirror, what do I see? I see a strong, independent, working woman who is very much in love and very happy with the reflection in that mirror. Essence Atkins independent strong reflection I attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan because my ballet and modern dance schedules were intensive and had started to interfere with regular school hours. Essence Atkins ballet children school Everyone was like, "Why do you need to meet someone on Match.com?" My response was, "I certainly don't need to meet more of the same broke, acting class guys that I'd been dating my whole life." I needed to change that whole paradigm. So, I decided to meet some corporate guys and see how that worked. So, I went on Match, but I didn't put a picture up, because I'm on television, and I didn't want anybody contacting me for the wrong reasons. So, I had to do the hunting, as it were. I didn't anticipate meeting my husband online, but there he was. And it all worked out! Essence Atkins dating hunting husband I am very happy. Extremely, blissfully so. Even in my pain, I'm happy. I like crying. It makes me feel alive. Challenges, when you're in a tumultuous situation, are an opportunity to grow, an opportunity to get closer to God, an opportunity to find and kind of reform yourself, and to figure out what really matters and what your priorities are. Not that I'm welcoming tribulation, but I find that it is beneficial. Essence Atkins priorities pain opportunity Just the desire to play a mom, wanting to play someone actually closer to who I am and where I am in my life. People are used to seeing me play the single, hot girl, which has been fun, but at the same time, this role is more akin to my natural proclivities. Essence Atkins girl mom fun I like to make Arroz con Gandules, rice with pigeon peas. My husband loves it. It's a Puerto Rican dish my mother taught me. Essence Atkins like me husband mother What online dating did was offer me the opportunity to go out with a bunch of different people from different industries; I really didn't want to limit myself with people who are in the entertainment industry. Essence Atkins myself me opportunity people Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actress All Authors
