Gabrielle Union Quotes

You know what lasts longer than beauty? Being smart.

I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.'

We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in.

If we can have drones, we can have brown people on TV, and the world won't end! We need to catch up. We are painfully behind.

I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.

If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn't allow that person to stay in my world.

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

You have to be resilient.

In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.

When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.

I decided to follow my dreams and my passions and to always have an adventure, no matter what it is.

You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.

I drink a gallon of water a day.

Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.

I was always in the popular crowd, but I really had atrocious teeth. I was encouraged to 'do well in school, 'cause no one's going to marry you!'

Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.

I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.

I encourage people to ask whatever question you're most interested in hearing the answer to.

My wish for the world would be to end violence against women. My wish for myself would be for peace of mind.

I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.

What's interesting is that producers, directors and writers tend to typecast me in terms of whatever movie they've seen me in most recently.

In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast.

I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.

I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.

The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.

All minorities think they're immune, but we're absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It's a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked!

I've always had an interest in sports across the board.

Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first.

If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.

I'm the kind of person whose clothes are all hung up and color-coordinated, to the point where my whites don't touch my creams.

I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.

I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.

Boys are so much drama.

I love TV. I love the stability of it.

The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time.

You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.

Before I got married, I dated the gamut.

But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.

Drama can feel like therapy whereas comedy feels like there's been a pressure and a weight lifted off of you.

Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn't care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks.

I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.

We don't consider black, urban films as 'indies,' though many of them are shot for under $10 million which is kind of the definition of an indie.

My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.