"As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I'm never going to get better as an actress."

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Source : "The 'Temptation' of Jurnee Smollett-Bell". Interview with Kelley L. Carter, www.ebony.com. March 28, 2013.

Jurnee Smollett

#Artist Quotes #Get Better Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“The secret to failing isn't failing; the secret to failing is failing forward.”
“My granddaddy on my momma's side, he was a romantic. He loved love songs. Every Valentine's Day, I remember him buying a red carnation for my grandmomma, my momma and my sister. That was something you could count on every year.”
“The scum that rises upmost, when the nation boils.”
“I can be Erykah the human being more than the celebrity.”
“My aim is a continuous, sustained, uncontrived image, motivated by nothing but passion.”
“Sooner or later even the most ambitious glutton must crawl away and seek the solace of the vomitorium.”
“I don't think I'm the best lyricist; it's hard for me to express feelings through words.”
“World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.”

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