Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty. Gabrielle Union More Quotes by Gabrielle Union More Quotes From Gabrielle Union It's easy to pretend 'to be fierce and fearless because living your truth takes real courage. Real fearless and fierce women admit mistakes and they work to correct them. We stand up and we use our voices for things other than self promotion. We don't stand by and let racism and sexism and homophobia run rapid on our watch. Real fearless and fierce women complement other women and we recognize and embrace that their shine in no way diminishes our light and that it actually makes our light shine brighter. Gabrielle Union real mistake running You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart. Gabrielle Union being-smart smart lasts I decided to follow my dreams and my passions and to always have an adventure, no matter what it is. Gabrielle Union passion dream adventure I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday. Gabrielle Union yesterday trying years I've lost a lot. I've lost money, and my reputation has taken a hit for taking the high road to protect my dignity, to protect children, and for other good causes. But I don't think there's ever too steep a price for doing the right thing. Gabrielle Union taken children thinking We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in. Gabrielle Union assuming realizing letting-go We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go. Gabrielle Union matter forever giving You have to be resilient. Gabrielle Union resilient I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time. Gabrielle Union spending-time good-times solitude If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind. Gabrielle Union drones people needs If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world. Gabrielle Union persons ifs world I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately. Gabrielle Union persons When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet. Gabrielle Union red care compliment I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!' Gabrielle Union crowds teeth school My wish for the world would be to end violence against women. My wish for myself would be for peace of mind. Gabrielle Union would-be wish mind I love romantic comedies. They're for me the easiest thing to do and the most natural to do. There's nothing natural about holding an uzi hanging out of a moving van shooting at people. That's not second nature to me, thank God. Gabrielle Union romantic-love nature moving I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale. Gabrielle Union african-american community thinking I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting. Gabrielle Union position-of-power change people I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself. Gabrielle Union deep-down i-realized people Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn't care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks. Gabrielle Union hollywood race hot
