But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain and my heart." And I say, "You've gotta remember that, Genesis. You've gotta remember that you're not what you look like," you know? I think that's the best beauty advice I could give her.

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Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.

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You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.

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Each role has its own different challenges.

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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.

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I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.

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We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.

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I don't have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn't love me has to say about me.

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Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

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You have two stark choices when you find yourself in a really desperate situation. You can either fold and cave-in to it or you can become really passionate about getting out of it. When you're really passionate, you're going to grab hold of every rope you see, and wrap them around your arms and legs to claw your way out. And that's the way I've felt in my life.

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