Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by Taraji P. Henson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Taraji P. Henson.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). She played a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and a single mother of a disabled child in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), for which she received Academy Award, SAG Award and Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. In 2010, she appeared in the action comedy Date Night, and co-starred in the remake of The Karate Kid.

American - Actress | Born: September 11, 1970

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Humans have a light side and a dark side, and it's up to us to choose which way we're going to live our lives. Even if you start out on the dark side, it doesn't mean you have to continue your journey that way. You always have time to turn it around.

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I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz story that we haven't seen before. I would love to do that! I would love to play Diana Ross 'cause she's an icon. I'm salivating to do that.

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Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.

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I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.

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Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget.

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I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.

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I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.

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I prefer doing feature films.

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Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.

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I like to disappear in my roles because I don't have an assistant.

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I don't care if you're a man, if you're a player: If God sends you that one and your heart is in it, you'll work it out.

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Most men are fragile.

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I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing and seeing how far I can go.

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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.

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When I come home, it's about my kid, who needs to eat, needs to do homework, and needs to get to basketball. I don't have a lot of time to think about me.

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Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.

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I don't ever want to feel complacent.

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I'm not interested in disposable music.

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I love the art of acting, so I don't care if I'm in a movie with 10 people, two people, or by myself. I just really enjoy it.

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I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.

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At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.

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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.

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A woman is gentle, soft, delicate, and a man's position is to protect her, help her up stairs, make sure she's in the car safely first. Take good care of your woman, and the sky's the limit!

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I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself.

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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.

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With TV, you get on a show and you're there for 11 years playing the same character. I would pull my hair out. Yes, the money is good. But I'm really not in this business to chase dollars.

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I just like when I work with people that are professional and good.

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Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.

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I love New York. Love it.

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I'm nothing without God.

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When I meet a person and that chemistry is there, I cannot hide the electricity. I need to learn more about him, and once I feel safe, I'm gone, I'm in love, and I give it my all!

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I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get.

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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.

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With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.

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The best thing about being in New York is the people, and you get to walk everywhere.

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I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy.

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Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.

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It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you.

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I like to be home with my son, kickin' it and watching ESPN, a very normal life. I like to take him to school every day, watch his games.

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Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.

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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.

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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.

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I feel like we all have our skeletons.

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I'm always confident when I sign up for a project that it's going to be good. That's why I sign up for it.

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What gives me the greatest satisfaction is the number of people I can affect with my gift, with what I do. That's the most important thing to me, more important than any trophy or award.

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When I was growing up, no one ever said to me, "You cannot do math because you're a girl." But, there was an understanding growing up that math and science were for boys. Somebody lied to me because Katherine Johnson woman exists, all of these women existed.

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I'm not twentysomething. I'm not trying to find myself - I know exactly who I am and exactly what I want. And I don't want a fan. I want a man who understands me, who challenges me, who calls me on my sh-t instead of letting me get away with it because I'm supposed to be a star. I want a best friend.

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There is always going to be love versus hate; we struggle with that as humans within ourselves every day; as a society, we have to struggle. So when you wake up, you have to decide which side you're going to be on. Hopefully, that side is positive, so you do the work and hope that your legacy will help change things.

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You could be laughing one day about the same issues that you're crying about the next day, so that's life.

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I feel like I'm already a winner. I've made so many dreams come true. I'm here. Whether you walk away with a statue [ Emmy]or not, you shouldn't make it about it that necessarily. Everyone who's here in this house tonight is a winner.

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My first big heartbreak proved to me that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

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I like to be scared. I don't like feeling like "Oh, this is going to be a walk in the park". If I ever get to that place, I'll just stop acting.

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If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.

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I really wish Hollywood would stop labeling movies, especially movies with predominantly black casts. Then, it makes others feel like, "Oh, well, that's not for me." At the end of the day, everybody understands love, loss, pain and heartbreak. That's not a color.

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I'm pretty much the same. I'm consistent. There aren't two mes. There is only one me. I can only be myself, and that's who I always am whether I'm at home or on the carpet.

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Improvisation helps because you get what's on the page and you make it a little more palatable to your tongue. And that's the beauty of creating and being spontaneous. That's the way I love to work.

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I don't think about other people. They are not walking in my shoes. They are not paying my bills. What makes me happy is when I do what I like to do, for me.

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I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing, and seeing how far I can go.

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People live by example. I can't tell you, "You can be anything," if I shot my own dreams down or was too afraid to go after them.

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Sometimes you have to say the words exactly how they are on the page, but sometimes when you improv, it only helps to get across what's on the page, and I just love working with directors who allow that.

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Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by Taraji P. Henson

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