Phylicia Rashad Quotes

You have to learn how to care about people without taking on all of their problems.

As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.

What's in front of you is a whole world of experiences beyond your imagination. Put yourself, and your growth and development, first.

There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.

Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.

What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.

The act of giving expands one's entire life experience because nothing is more fulfilling than one's capacity to give.

I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

I am just myself, and who I am is a lot ...

When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.

Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do.

If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.

If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself.

How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?

Where the women go, the culture goes.

There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.

Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.

I am having a good time doing nothing.