Debra Wilson Quotes

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

People who don`t use the tools given to them only injure themselves.

My driving force is spirituality.

When I was five years old I knew I wanted to act.

I hated stand-up.

I have to approach my life in this way so I can do what I need to do, and do it very well.

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

Just generation after generation of people singing and performing and all that artistic and creative outflow had to go somewhere.

Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.

I`ve played piano and guitar when I was younger.

My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.

I was a shy little girl, nothing like what I am now.

I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn`t good enough.

Voice is my instrument.

We always performed for our church, but we also just performed whenever the family got together.

Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.

Watched Star Wars in 77 and that`s when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

It`s all about humanity, humility, and integrity.

If you`re going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don`t waste anybody`s time, especially your own.

My family is very theatrical.

What`s so interesting is that the Aborigine language is all handed down from generation to generation - it`s not a written language.

So many comics have such low self-esteem.

I`ve got my own future and my own life and it`s positive and I feel blessed, so I`m going to do what I need to that`s in my best interests.

I got an early education from television.

I`m not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I`m talking about now.

This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.