Jenifer Lewis Quotes

The elevator to success is broken, take the stairs.

We didn't have a beauty shop as I grew up.

I don't have any beauty shop memories. I remember the barber shop.

If you can find something you love, go for it everyday of your life, and it would be really good to you.

A diva is someone who pretends to know who she is and looks fabulous doing it.

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.

Love yourself, so that love will not be a stranger when it comes

I still go to a salon where a gal does my hair, and I don't know if it's because I'm a celebrity but by the time I leave there, we are eating chicken and talking and screaming.

You can have anything you want

Sometimes I think I take on a lot of work but that's me.

You are a black goddess when you come out the salon.

But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules that are gentle and kind.

You are a GODDESS when you leave the salon

I've been burn when it comes to my hair that it ain't no joke.

You can't wake up looking for the recession.

I had not starred in an independent film and it's about a woman who owned a hair salon.

It's important to be alive in those moment, especially when you're doing something you love to do.

I never gave up. I never quit. I've been a leader all my life, from elementary school to president of my class to excelling at college. I had a dream, and my dream sustained me. I wasn't going to let anything stand in my way. I was like a meteorite. I wanted to become a star. It's been quite a journey.

I want to co-produce again.

You never know when you start a project just how good it can be.

I sang in church at 5. When I saw the reaction, I knew what I wanted to do with my life.

Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act.

Apart from being Jennifer Lewis. The name pulls people in.

I'm in the moment. I'm always in the moment of life.

If you just want to be a star, go away.

You have to be a star to be in this business.