The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years. Cicely Tyson Read Quote
Unless a piece really said something, I had no interest in it. I have got to know that I have served some purpose here. Cicely Tyson Read Quote
Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can. Cicely Tyson Read Quote
How do you project a character if you don’t have a sense of where she is from? I’ve always just gotten on a plane to go to the area to get a sense of what it is like, to smell it, feel the earth, hear people talk, go to the marketplaces. Cicely Tyson Read Quote
The gratification comes, for me, in the doing of it. And once I’ve done it, I can’t do anything about it if it’s good or if it’s bad. Cicely Tyson Read Quote
My mother was an introvert and quite religious. And we were brought up in the church. And when she learned that I wanted to act, she simply said: ‘You cannot live here and do that.’ Cicely Tyson Read Quote
I don’t condemn anyone for making their choices. If someone chooses those roles, fine. But not for me. When someone stops me and says, You’re the reason I became an actress, that lets me know I made the right decision. Cicely Tyson Read Quote
One lady told me that before she saw ‘Sounder’ she didn’t believe black people could love each other, have deep relationships in the same way as white people. Cicely Tyson Read Quote
We have to support our own films. If we don’t, how can we expect others to support them? Cicely Tyson Read Quote
