Anika Noni Rose Quotes

I think personal power is having the availability to say, 'No' to something, whatever that may be.

I rock because sometimes I'm scared and that's alright. I rock because I'm not afraid to cry. I rock because I'm loved and I'm able to love. I rock...I rock.

The seventies was a time when a lot of people didn't tell their children they were adopted.

We actors can't say every line as if it has weight, but what we want to do is be true to the meaning of each line, whatever it is. Even the lines that are throwaway may come back later.

I think what's happening in Hollywood is a direct reflection of what's happening in the world right now.

Athletes and actors do really crazy things and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.

I think there needs to be more care taken for the actor. You know, we are not props!