I have to take some time to dream some new dreams. I feel like there's a treasure hunt in front of me. A treasure hunt that is speckled with and seeded by a deep-rooted wild freedom. Tracee Ellis Ross More Quotes by Tracee Ellis Ross More Quotes From Tracee Ellis Ross I don't really talk about my personal life. It's a strange and funny and weird thing. Sometimes you have a conversation with someone and the paparazzi snaps a picture of you and people decide you're dating. If I try to answer everything people say, I would be up all night. Tracee Ellis Ross dating night people When I'm not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it's time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite "milkmaid" braid. Tracee Ellis Ross ponytails buns hair If I'm going to show cleavage or chest then I don't show leg. I show one thing. If I show leg then everything else is covered up. Tracee Ellis Ross cleavage covered-up legs I sometimes think to myself, you're not going to meet a new friend of any kind at home in front of the TV with your DVR. As much as it's great, and there are so many good shows on TV, and I have great books that I'm reading, get out and interact with people. Tracee Ellis Ross reading home book My mom didn't adhere to any of those typical rules. She woke us up for school every morning, and was there at dinner or would call at bedtime. She never left for longer than a week. She recorded while we were sleeping. Tracee Ellis Ross mom morning school This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other. Tracee Ellis Ross love-respect appreciate couple I've always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it. Tracee Ellis Ross thinker curious adults The two things that I thought were really interesting about this character [Bow] for me were that she actually loved her husband, and he loved her. The comedy was not coming from the fact that they hated each other. Which is what television couples are usually based on. Tracee Ellis Ross husband couple character I felt like it was a courageous show [Black-ish] from the beginning. We are a black family - we're not a family that happens to be black. But the show is not even about us being black. The show is about us being a family. That is groundbreaking - on TV, the black characters either happen to be black or they're the "black character," where everything they say is about being black. I think that's the genius. Tracee Ellis Ross black character thinking There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve and be able to negotiate. Tracee Ellis Ross asks able way One of the things I've realized is how portable God is. No really, He's everywhere! Tracee Ellis Ross Someone asked me recently, "Do you get sick of people asking you about your hair?" And the reason I don't is because I actually feel like you could chronicle my journey of self-acceptance through my journey with my hair. It's a badge of something bigger. Tracee Ellis Ross acceptance journey hair I buy what makes my heart sing. So, it's not that I follow one specific track. It's sort of what I like. I love colors. I love unique pieces. I love vintage clothing. Tracee Ellis Ross color unique heart I was spoiled when I worked in the magazine world. Fashion closets are heaven and I seem to model my organization after a fashion closet. Tracee Ellis Ross fashion organization heaven Sometimes I feel like art is supposed to mirror life, but strangely it's as if art is trying to catch up to life, to a certain extent? Tracee Ellis Ross mirrors trying art I don't have the luxury of not going to work when I don't feel up to it. Most people don't. On those days, I acknowledge I am feeling f-cking crappy, and I'm not at my best, and I still want to or need to keep walking forward. I have to do some of my best work on my worst days. I have to look pretty even when I don't feel pretty. There's a way to hold both things. Tracee Ellis Ross worst feelings people Self-care of all kinds is a huge part of my life. I really encourage other women and other people to really put self-care - and that includes the beauty regime, how you eat, all of that - into your body. Tracee Ellis Ross all-kinds kind people My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family. Tracee Ellis Ross mom jobs people After college, I shot a pilot for a show on Lifetime, which was basically House of Style for a TV lover. I think I got paid $1,500, and I was like, "Mom, I'm moving out! I made it!" I did two seasons of that, but I felt like a talking head and wanted to do more. Tracee Ellis Ross mom college moving Sometime in my second year at Brown [University], I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell in love with it. I realized that everything I was afraid of about myself, all my fears, could be used in that world. Tracee Ellis Ross acting class years
