Gabrielle Union Quotes

Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn’t care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks.

I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.

If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.

Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.

All minorities think they’re immune, but we’re absolutely part of the one in five that gets skin cancer! It’s a myth, and myths are meant to be debunked!

I love TV. I love the stability of it.

My friends are very opinionated about the people I date.

You have to develop a very thick skin.

You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there’s a certain feeling when you’re sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it’s just pure escapism and they’re happy.

You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

After Halle Berry does her films and Queen Latifah does her films, it’s left to all the black, Latino and Asian actresses to fight over a couple of roles. I opted for some TV. There’s just not a ton of work in film.

When you want a break from dogs, and you take them to the kennel to the stars, no one thinks you’re a bad pet owner. But when you have kids, you can’t drop them off for three weeks without someone calling Child Protective Services!

I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.

Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.

Before I got married, I dated the gamut.

When someone who loves and cares about me compliments me, I feel more glamorous than when the flashbulbs are going off on the red carpet.

The guys I tended to date, you know, didn’t necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time.

If someone lacked decency or respect, I didn’t allow that person to stay in my world.

I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.

I like meat and carbohydrates.

My mom is painfully sweet; she’s from Nebraska.

In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you’re on ‘The Golden Girls.’ They age you so fast.

In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you’ve got osteoporosis.

A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That’s the quickest way to be eliminated from my life – try that with me, and you’re out.

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don’t deserve it. It doesn’t matter if they’re family or if you’ve known them forever. If they’re not good for you, they’ve got to go.

In my career, there have been roles I haven’t taken because someone involved with the project gave me a bad vibe. I don’t care how much money is on the table: No job is worth feeling uneasy every day.

As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the ‘my way or the highway’ philosophy, you realize it’s all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.

You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it’s not a natural drive – it’s born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.

Sometimes it’s not even a role that’s specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it’s something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it’s nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I’m all over it.

I don’t get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.