Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Janet Hubert

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Janet Hubert.
Last updated on April 19, 2025.
Janet Hubert

Janet Louise Hubert is an American film and television actress. She is best known for playing the role of the original Vivian Banks on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air from its first season in 1990 until the end of its third season in 1993. Hubert was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in 1991. Her performance as Mignon on the digital series King Ester garnered her first Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2020.

I'm a real freedom fighter. I'm not a pretend freedom fighter. I stand up for other actresses, other people.
We are not brain surgeons. We are not curing cancer. We are not finding the next cure for Alzheimer's. We are simply and merely entertainment. We take on and wear the masks of characters. That's what we're paid to do.
I just had surgery, cervical fusion, it's where they fuse the bones of the neck together. I had torn disks and all kinds of crazy stuff going on for 10 years straight and I had gone to about 42 different doctors.
There are actors who have never gotten an Oscar and have done amazing work. — © Janet Hubert
There are actors who have never gotten an Oscar and have done amazing work.
We're all complaining about diversity in Hollywood, but we've got to address the colorism within the black community of Hollywood first.
Ellen DeGeneres is brilliant. She's funny, she's warm and she doesn't hurt anybody on her show.
When I do a show I want the best people on that stage with me.
I think the black community has a lot to work on internally with what they deem successful.
Why do people need awards? Don't you know your value and your worth? I don't need anybody's award or acceptance.
Every time I try to move forward, somebody brings up 'Fresh Prince.' Every time I walk into a room or make a phone call, somebody brings up 'Fresh Prince.'
The whole ridiculousness of black Hollywood - there is no black Hollywood. It's every man for himself.
There will never be a reunion, as I will never do anything with an asshole like Will Smith. He is still an egomaniac and has not grown up. This constant reunion thing will never ever happen in my lifetime unless there is an apology, which he doesn't know the word.
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