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I like to be home with my son, kickin' it and watching ESPN, a very normal life. I like to take him to school every day, watch his games.
Taraji P. Henson
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Taraji P. Henson
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 11
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It's an important moment [win an Emmy]. I just feel like I want it to happen tonight, either for myself or Viola [Davis] so we can get past it, so it's not big news anymore. I mean, it is 2015. We have a black president.
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I talked to Katherine Johnson, and I tried to make it weighty by asking things like, How as a Black woman did you do your work in NASA? They were misogynistic, and I'm sure you got called the n-word. She was just like, Well, that was the way it was. I just did my job. I wanted to do my job. She was just so humble.
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I like to be scared. I don't like feeling like Oh, this is going to be a walk in the park. If I ever get to that place, I'll just stop acting.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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What gives me the greatest satisfaction is the number of people I can affect with my gift, with what I do. That's the most important thing to me, more important than any trophy or award.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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When I go home to visit, they never treat me like a celebrity. They still treat me like TJ. If I leave dishes in the sink, they'll let me know.
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I'm always interested in challenging myself and pushing, and seeing how far I can go.
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I'm really silly. That's the thing that people don't get. I think I'm a stronger comedic actress than I am a dramatic actress. I'm not really pigeonholed, but I'm known for drama. I do comedy so easily, and people relate to my humor. I'll be glad because I don't have to stay sexy and young forever. I don't care if I'm big, as long as I'm funny.
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Love is the greatest gift that God has given us. It's free.
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Something happens to a woman when she can't reproduce. I've not had to walk that path, but I can only imagine when your organs don't work and how that could make you feel.
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At the end of the day, I stand by who I am. I'm a good person.
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In my mind I'm like, No, Katherine Johnson it was you. It was your mind alone that got John Glenn to orbit the earth. He didn't say, Go get so in so. He said, Go get that smart girl. But that fact that that she sees the we in I, blew me away.
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I feel like I'm already a winner. I've made so many dreams come true. I'm here. Whether you walk away with a statue [ Emmy]or not, you shouldn't make it about it that necessarily. Everyone who's here in this house tonight is a winner.
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When you are portraying a person that is very real, in my case, Katherine Johnson is still alive, she is 98-years old there is a responsibility to get it right. I guess the biggest thing that I took away from Katherine was her humility. When you talk about superheroes there are selfless, they don't think about themselves, they put humanity first.
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On my iPad, and I'm quite a fool for this, but I use Post-It notes to cover up the camera. It's just weird with that little eye there and sometimes it'll be green and I know I didn't turn it on. It's very spooky.
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With camera phones and, you know, iPad's and cameras at stoplights, it's like I just want to drive around with a bag on my head because I just feel like everyone's watching.
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If I feel like I've reached this greatness in my career than there's no more room for growth. I don't think I'm ever going to get there. If I ever get complacent, it's time for me to bow out.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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