American - Actress | January 25, 1957 -
If you just want to be a star, go away.
Jenifer Lewis
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You have to be a star to be in this business.
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Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act.
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I've been keeping a journal since I was in the seventh grade.
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I think my performance in 'What's Love Got to Do With It' was powerful. I was so unafraid and confident. You know, it was the first mother of black Hollywood. I was Tina Turner's mama. That's what started it all. I had fallen in love right before that movie, and I had absolutely no fear in me.
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I never thought I'd be using this phrase, but the pursuit of happiness - that's my right.
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We are as sick as our secrets, so I tell everything.
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I know what mental illness looks like, and I know that if a person is not ready to get help, they won't.
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My friends were dropping like flies, and the government wasn't doing anything. You don't watch an entire generation take water hoses and dogs on the front line during the '60s or watch another generation perish from AIDS and then get to drive around in big cars and do nothing.
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Forty-five million people hit that button for 'In These Streets.' When you find out you have that kind of popularity, you better use it. It's called responsibility.
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I'm a classically trained actress, and I have many levels and colors, and 'Ventura Boulevard' is where I am planning to stretch and grow.
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I've been in charge all my damn life, but executive producing is teamwork. You're involved with every aspect of the production, from casting to locations, everything.
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