Top 40 Quotes & Sayings by Cree Summer

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Cree Summer.

Last updated on September 19, 2024.

Cree Summer Francks is an American-Canadian actress and singer. She has worked extensively in animation, voicing long-running characters such as Susie Carmichael in Rugrats and Elmyra Duff in Tiny Toon Adventures and related media. In live action, she is known for playing Winifred "Freddie" Brooks on the NBC sitcom A Different World.

American - Actress | Born: July 7, 1969

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My journey is not to be a star but to become as aware a person as possible.

Cree Summer

Usually cartoon characters stay a certain age; that's part of their appeal. Usually they don't grow up.

Cree Summer

I'm just inspired by music.

Cree Summer

We need our HBCUs. The youth need our HBCUs. The elders need our HBCUs.

Cree Summer

It it weren't for HBCUs, 'A Different World' wouldn't exist.

Cree Summer

I slept in closets and on floors for a long time.

Cree Summer

I've been singing since I was young.

Cree Summer

I was reading 'The Prophet' on my own when I was 10 years old.

Cree Summer

If anybody knows how to be friends, it's black women. We have been enslaved and had to care for each other and each other's babies and pick each other up in so many powerful ways. We know to take care of each other, we know how to be friends.

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I'm appreciating the little bitty things that make me happy.

Cree Summer

I was raised on an Indian reservation, and I didn't see a television set till I was 10, so it's not a part of my life.

Cree Summer

Art is a gift and if nobody hears it, that doesn't make it any less of a gift.

Cree Summer

Being in the body of an African-American woman, I prefer animation. I get to be everybody. I don't have to always be the white girl's best friend. I can be the princess. I can make an inanimate object come to life. I can be a little boy. I can be anything.

Cree Summer

I was in the 4th grade, and one day I didn't want to be in class. My father had just gotten a new Harley-Davidson, and he came and took me out of class. He said it was too beautiful to be indoors, so we stayed out all day.

Cree Summer

I know what it's like to have not and I know what it's like to have. I think I'm conscious of what I get and grateful.

Cree Summer

I always wanted to be a rock star.

Cree Summer

My animation work is a major source of pride for me.

Cree Summer

When I'm working with strangers, I can get a little timid or scared. With friends, I'm willing to' try anything, because there's a lot of trust involved.

Cree Summer

I've always been proud to be different, I've always stood out like a sore thumb and I always have not given a damn.

Cree Summer

I didn't know about competition until I got to school. I didn't know how degrading it was to be graded until I got to school.

Cree Summer

The Indians are a civilization wrought with culture and a beautiful, deep spirituality.

Cree Summer

I like to look at the skyline and the moon.

Cree Summer

I worry about the environment. I'm very aware of what I eat, for example.

Cree Summer

People say to me, 'Ooh, L.A. is so plastic.' Sure, it's mountains to the right, oceans to the left and pretense in the middle, but who... has to hang out in the middle?

Cree Summer

With acting it was never a real passion or inspiration of mine.

Cree Summer

A lot of political things would have to dramatically change in this planet for a woman of color to be carefree.

Cree Summer

When you hang out with yourself, you learn to keep yourself in check.

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