Queen Latifah Quotes

Those curveballs are always coming-eventually, you learn to hit some of them.

I've hosted the Soul Train awards, the American Music Awards... and I had my own talk show. So if I can't host by now, what the hell can I do?

I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.

If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.

I totally want like 18 babies.

The more you push the budgets up, the more you make records cost $20, the more you make records last 4 and 5 minutes on the radio.

Some people observe life naturally and sometimes you just have to let things out and think about it later.

I am used to being on tours with people who are fantastic performers and I respect them and I love their music. But the bottom line is they got the vision for what we are trying to do.

I'm as involved as I can be. Whenever I'm asked to do something, I always tend to show up.

So often, you don't get that opportunity. You only go over everything once and, the next thing you know, you're on set.

I want to see 10 female rappers getting regular rotation. It can't be all about a man's opinion.

You can't ask someone who is not making that kind of money to go to the record store and buy an album when someone down the street has the same record with same sound quality for $5.

We ignore our feelings a lot, I realize. Many of us have to... until they really bite us in the butt.

Dolly Parton made me chicken and dumplings. That Tennessee woman can burn some pots! And we know that I am not necessarily shy to a fork!

I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.

Church was a requirement, there was no choice in the matter, so was vacation bible school. Gospel has been in me since I was a kid.

[Hiking] is not that crazy, but when you look back and you see that mountain you just climbed, you say, "I can't believe I did that."

There are still some places I'd love to visit - Africa, China, Brazil, India. I want to travel the world and experience other cultures and peoples.

I need something bigger than myself. And the only thing that can be would be a child. Someone who would help me live even more selflessly.

I'm not the type that's going to sit and preach to people if they don't need it just because I've been around the block a few times.

I feel strongly that women who look like me should feel great. So I am not changing.

The good thing about movies is that they're subjective. You can connect to different themes depending on your own perspective.

I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.

It's not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It's about a connection and bond that everyone can identify with.

I just like ladies who have class... just be yourself and let your personality shine and let your individuality show. To me, that's sexier. A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion

Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.

The females don't respect themselves; they only think materialistically. They want money, but they don't think, I'm gonna get this money on my own, they think, I'm gonna get money from this guy.

My house borders horse farms, and I can look out my window and see the horses and the new colts. It's really peaceful.

The movie I've seen a million times is 'Steel Magnolias,' directed by Herbert Ross, starring Sally Field and Julia Roberts.

When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.

I have a no-die clause in every movie. The black people can't be dying all the time.

People say I'm going to be the next Oprah. But I say no, because Oprah is still Oprah. I'll be the next me. I feel like there's always a lane for me as long as I'm true to myself.

I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.

I got a few marriage proposals in my 20s. I just wasn't ready. I just knew if I committed, I would've wound up doing something wrong, messing it up. I still felt like I had some living to do.

I think I'd be a great mom, honestly. I don't think I'll have any problem giving them all the love in the world. Discipline will be the hard part.

My mom has always been my champion. She was very smart and grounded. She said, 'Save your money. Pay your taxes. Don't put everything in one basket, ' but she let me explore and be creative.

I have my dad's shape. No booty.