There were always other children in our house, even though I’m an only child – there were always these other kids coming by. Jeryl Prescott Read Quote
I love roles where it’s not about being perfect or being beautiful, where there is more of an interest in what’s going on inside the character. Jeryl Prescott Read Quote
When I went to school, it was to be an electrical engineer. I graduated with a degree in industrial management and worked in trucking for a couple of years. Then I decided that I was bored with the trucking industry and that I would go back to graduate school. Jeryl Prescott Read Quote
I have a masters in African-American literature, and I got a Ph.D. in American Literature. I spent a number of years teaching as a professor in the university system. Then I turned forty and decided I was going to be the woman I wanted to be! Jeryl Prescott Read Quote
I think often we like to talk about the strength of black women, and really, that can become an interesting stereotypical trap – that these women are so strong, that they don’t fear anything, they don’t need help, and they have no vulnerabilities. Well, that’s not a human person! That takes away a lot of the humanity as well. Jeryl Prescott Read Quote
