Nicole Ari Parker Quotes - Page 2

If you're actually talking to someone who's been through a disastrous number of years, that only means one thing: They survived it.

I'm really into nutrition from the inside out.

I couldn't imitate anyone if I wanted to.

I enjoy using coconut oil - not only for my skin and hair, but I'll digest it.

I have a real no-nonsense dad who taught me how to be resilient at a very young age.

Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.

I have friends struggling with autism, juvenile diabetes.

I love Malcolm Lee and jumped on the opportunity to work with him as a director.

We're all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab frozen dinners and McDonald's. We can't make it a way of life - we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine.

I love the theater. I love being on stage; I love the live audience. I also love dressing up and all of the make-believe.

I went to an all-girls private school, where we played field hockey and lacrosse.

I breastfed Sophie for 14 months and Nicolas for 11 months.

I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I'm classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I'm frustrated as an artist.

A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars.

Once there are more African Americans and Asian Americans behind the scenes as producers, writers, and directors, I think more inclusive casting will happen.

I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I'm always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals - lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type.

Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars.

Every parent knows this moment in a child's age when he or she needs your attention in a very specific way because it's the beginning and ending of the early life of imagination. It's such a responsibility.

You think you need the newest shoe and the newest outfit. We forget exercising is free. We forget it only takes a little bit every day.

There are so many things that go into a surgical study.

Take all the hype out of the exercise and think of it as brushing your teeth.

I did everything pretty cliche as an actor in New York. I read the trades, I sent out 'head shots.'

My husband and I are loyal to our community and very approachable, even though we're kind of mainstream.

I think 'Soul Food' had the biggest impact on me because that's where I was really able to shine as an actress and because I also met my husband there, and that was a huge turning point in my personal life. So, that show will stick with me forever and ever and ever.