People love to see themselves on screen in a way that makes sense and seems on point. Regina King More Quotes by Regina King More Quotes From Regina King My husband didn't want the divorce, but I did. So there was a lot of bitterness initially. Once we got to the space where we understood that we have the most important thing in the world in common; no one else shared that commonality. Our son is priceless, and in order to give him the best, we have to be better to each other. Although we are still divorced, we still call each other "family." It was a journey to get there, but it's a beautiful place to be. Regina King divorcehusbandbeautiful And once I was in college, about - maybe the end of my first semester of my sophomore year, I realized that college just was not my jam and that I felt like I was learning more when is actually on set. And I think a lot of that had to do with - I was working while I was in college. I was on "227," so I didn't get a chance to really be immersed in the culture of my school. Regina King collegeschoolthinking But, once again, when I said I'm so grateful for my mom just being adamant about me staying in public school - that is what allowed me to be exposed to so many different types of people. I went to a high school that was by the beach. I elected to do bussing my junior high school years. And my first year of high school, I would take the bus from my neighborhood to the beach schools. And at those schools, you had such a mix of so many types of kids. Regina King gratefulmombeach And, for example, like, when you're having the conversation with your child about getting their driver's license. Well, a white family - their biggest fear is just that you're driving safely and that they're minding the rules of the road, whereas a black family - their biggest fear is that their child is going to get pulled over and treated unfairly for a reason that they won't understand. Regina King blackwhitechildren I would like to believe that most people don't get married anticipating divorce. When I reached that crossroad, I felt like such a failure. After years of therapy together, I realized that staying together was emotionally destructive. Regina King divorcebelieveyears So often, everyone out there that hears us on a red carpet and they say celebrities are using the time to talk about ourselves when we are on our soap box and using a moment to talk about the systemic things that are going on in life, time's up times two. Regina King entertainment If you have the opportunity for your art to meet activism, you shouldn't pass that up when it comes your way. Regina King youopportunitywayart I make smart food choices. I love food, especially fish, chicken, and beef. Regina King fishsmartfoodlove There's a difference between actresses of color and actresses not of color. If you look at how big my movies are. Regina King movieslookyoucolor Now I can always be called 'Emmy winner Regina King.' I think that in this business, it must mean something. Every time someone has won an award, and they're announcing them or speaking about them, that prefaces their name. Regina King awardkingbusinesstime I'm one of those people where, if I go back and look at it, I'm going to feel like, 'I wish I would have... ' I need to just leave it on the floor. What's done is done. Regina King feellookwishpeople A lot of black women still carry a lot of pain when they see black men with women who aren't black, and that's really unfortunate that that could make us so upset. It has to do with self esteem. Regina King womenblackpainmen It's funny that until I actually met my husband, I never thought I'd get married. Regina King neverthoughthusbandfunny It's incredibly hard out there for women of color. Regina King outhardwomencolor When you see all the suits in the room, everybody in the room has on suits, you know, the women, too. We're not wearing dresses and chiffon and we're not as fun as we used to be. Regina King youwomensuitsfun Athletes are very cool to me. Regina King athletesverycoolme
