It’s what I tell my daughters: Know that your birthright is to shine your light, and don’t let anybody deny you of that right. Take responsibility for your life. Kimberly Elise Read Quote
I have the right to shine my light! That’s what all women have. Once you own that, you can almost always shine your light. Kimberly Elise Read Quote
Beloved.’ That’s an amazing film and I’m sorry more people didn’t see it when it came out. Kimberly Elise Read Quote
It’s funny because I never studied, I never took a class. So everything I do is very innate and organic; I don’t really have words for it. It is a communion with spirit. I don’t get in my own way and allow the character to do what it’s going to do. Kimberly Elise Read Quote
Whatever it is that I feel, I express it! I am free with my joy, my laughter, my pleasure, my pain, and I am blessed in that way as an actress that I can access those feelings within myself and not be ashamed to show whatever that is that’s appropriate for the character. Kimberly Elise Read Quote
I am actually very in touch with all of my emotions, from joy to pain, and I am free with them. Kimberly Elise Read Quote
I always look at things half full and definitely see a change in how things are going as far as black actresses and their opportunities. Kimberly Elise Read Quote
I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and don’t have a problem accepting that. Kimberly Elise Read Quote