Tatyana Ali Quotes
"After that episode, I would meet people on the street and they'd ask me 'When is your album coming out?' This was before I'd even thought about pursuing a record deal" (After her singing performances on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
"Will never told me he was doing this, but I think he kept distance to let me explore and really feel like it was mine - and not like someone was holding my hand." (On making her album Kiss The Sky)
I always want to entertain people and sing and dance.
Believe in yourself and your talent 100% and never let anyone discourage you from following your dream.
"I found it challenging, but a lot like I expected. A lot of independent study. It was weird at first because I think everyone thought maybe that I thought I was some sort of diva. It took a couple weeks before anyone got the nerve to talk to me and word got around that I was normal. I used to get stopped for little interviews and starting meeting people." (On going to Harvard)
"I never set out to be one, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school. With being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me and I'm becoming more aware of it, especially because of all the responses I get." (On being a role model)
"I was only eleven when we filmed the pilot. I didn't really expect anything to come out of it. I mean, the idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of." (On the Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
"Working with Bill [Cosby] was incredible. That was the show. It was the only show that they filmed in New York, as far as I knew, at that time, and I was lucky to be a part of that." (On being on the Cosby Show)
"I believe in fate, I believe in hard work, and I feel like if I just keep marching, the path will kind of appear before me." Talking about her future
I am grateful to all my family for all the support and sacrifices over the years.
I'm very, very good at time management. That's been a real big benefit.
Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.
When I was 18, I was at the set for my video, and I felt really responsible. I'm used to being part of an ensemble.
It took me two weeks to decide to do the tour instead of going right back to school. An album is short-lived and college is four years.
I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.
I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.
Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.
Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me.
If you don't have fun with what you are doing, then it's not worth doing at all.
I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.
I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.
I was very blessed to be asked to be a part of it, so subject not even having to do with it, I wanted to do it. - On making Glory Road
I wanted to go to school because I had been in entertainment for so long, I wanted to socialize with people my age. I wanted to explore other fields and see what else was out there, but after sitting at my computer and being in the library you know that bug kind of. I graduated early because I wanted to get back out and do what I like to do.
Right now I prefer film. I like being totally immersed in a world for a few months and living some place for a while and I think this is because of music too, having been on tour with a group of people. I like the intensity of it.
I'm almost done with it. I started recording it a year ago. I was really scared-even with my first album, I was really hesitant about doing it because at that time JLo hadn't come out yet and an actor turned singer seemed so corny. But while I was at school, people would stop me and be like "Are you coming out with a new album? I really liked the first one." And I was like, "Really? I wanted to." And I was writing while I was in school. I love music. So I started about a year ago. We're almost done.
Why do I have to choose? Sure, I love to record. I love being in the studio but no. I love to sing for people. I'm making an album so I can perform my songs, you know? Shoot, I don't know why do I have to choose?
In music, you don't need an award. I mean in acting you don't need an award, either, but in film you do your work and then it's sent out to people in theaters all over the place and you have no idea how people feel about what you're doing. Okay, so maybe if you need to know you're doing well, you get an Oscar and you know, well, I'm entertaining people. But music, you know if you're entertaining people because they either get up and dance with you or they don't. - On Awards in show business
