American - Actress | September 22, 1987 -
I'm looking through old things of mine, and there was this binder from when I was 14 years old. It is essentially a dream board. It is a school binder that I had put magazine clippings on. It said, 'TV actress, fame, a picture of Halle Berry, a picture of Christina Aguilera.' I was obsessed with both of them.
Teyonah Parris
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It only takes one person to mobilize a community and inspire change. Even if you don't feel like you have it in you, it's in you. You have to believe in yourself. People will see your vision and passion and follow you.
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I think, no matter who you are, at some point in your life you've probably said, 'OK, well, who am I, and where do I fit in?'
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I want to continue to strive towards deepening my relationship with God and finding peace in whatever trials or circumstances I may be given.
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I think social media is a slippery slope because while you're projecting something out to people, they also project back onto you what they want to see.
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As black women, we're miles behind our white counterparts in being offered the space to create and craft female characters in major blockbuster films.
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I, for myself, have wanted to get more into producing because I want to be a part of the conversation and be one of the voices in the story we're trying to tell.
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In working with Nick Cannon, he's such a generous guy, a generous actor, and he was very protective.
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It was not hard for me to find guidance and motivation. I'm very blessed, and my parents were always so supportive of myself and my brother. Whatever you wanted to do, you just had to give 110 percent. So whatever that was, they supported it.
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I've had the struggling actor experience. At one point in New York, I was holding four jobs, including bottle service girl, while I was trying to break into acting.
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A show like 'Orange Is the New Black' has every race and ethnicity - and you don't even have to depend on four networks any more. You can go to Amazon or Netflix and be in an award-winning show.
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It feels good to be a role model for little girls who don't often see natural hair on the red carpet.
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