Debra Wilson Quotations

People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves.

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

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.

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

I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.

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

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

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

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

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

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.

Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.

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

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

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

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

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

Voice is my instrument.

So many comics have such low self-esteem.

I got an early education from television.

My driving force is spirituality.

My family is very theatrical.

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

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

When the boy's mother found out they were in a documentary, she lost it. She was fine with them adopting him and raising him, but not with them being in a documentary.

Black people are very discreet. You can't be a vice president of a Wells Fargo bank and be out if you're black. You can't do that.

This is an idea that should have come a long time ago.

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.