When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself. Phylicia Rashad More Quotes by Phylicia Rashad More Quotes From Phylicia Rashad I am having a good time doing nothing. Phylicia Rashad having-a-good-time doing-nothing good-times Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is. Phylicia Rashad internals civilization looks Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the nature of the creative world. It's not stagnant. I don't get upset about it. Phylicia Rashad upset creative moving The act of giving expands one's entire life experience because nothing is more fulfilling than one's capacity to give. Phylicia Rashad life-experience capacity giving When I look at the work, if it speaks to me, I'll say 'yes' and if the work doesn't resonate with me, I'll politely decline. Phylicia Rashad decline speak looks When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is. Phylicia Rashad good-work accepting There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise. Phylicia Rashad cacophony noise watches I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together. Phylicia Rashad artist school moving I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well. Phylicia Rashad understanding real thinking Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart. Phylicia Rashad faint-of-heart theater heart If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored. Phylicia Rashad magic play museums Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything. Phylicia Rashad different understanding people Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing. Phylicia Rashad acting noses jobs If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it? Phylicia Rashad play littles discovery As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value. Phylicia Rashad receiving awards artist This is not a Taye Diggs movie, sir, you a grown man. Carry your a ** on home, now. Phylicia Rashad top-news He's a genius. He is generous, he's kind, he's inclusive, this is not about the women. This is about something else. This is about the obliteration of legacy. Phylicia Rashad entertainment Forget these women, what you’re seeing is the destruction of a legacy. And I think it’s orchestrated. I don’t know why or who’s doing it, but it’s the legacy. And it’s a legacy that is so important to the culture. Phylicia Rashad latest-headlines Someone is determined to keep Bill Cosby off TV, and it’s worked. All his contracts have been cancelled. Phylicia Rashad latest-headlines What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am is a lot. Phylicia Rashad i-am just myself me
