Tika Sumpter Quotes

• I want to do good, and I want people to be happy, and sometimes when youre a people pleaser, you spread yourself too thin.

  Tika Sumpter

  People, Want, Sometimes

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• Don’t look at other people and compare yourself. Just do the work. Because when the opportunity is there, you have to be ready. Make sure your craft is refined and you’re constantly working on it. Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

  Tika Sumpter

  Weed, Moving, Opportunity

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• I was working in customer service and had a verbally abusive boss. One day, I decided to quit and pursue my acting passion with everything I had. One week after quitting, I booked One Life to Live.

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  Passion, Boss, One Day

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• I know it's cliche to say, 'When you do something you love you never work a day in your life.' But it is true: When you do something you love, life gets to be a little bit easier and enjoyable. So I just want people to follow their dreams.

  Tika Sumpter

  Dream, Love You, Love Life

  "Sparkle Break-out Star Tika Sumpter". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.ebony.com. August 28, 2012.

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• On a personal level, you wear different masks.

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  Different, Levels, Mask

  Source: www.rogerebert.com

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• A lot of the times we don't see enough of strength. Imagery is obviously a large part of it. I think it's important to see her [Michelle Obama] passion, her complexity, and to see her be challenged. Whether it's about forgiveness, or wanting to do more, it's what it is.

  Tika Sumpter

  Passion, Thinking, Important

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I love Motown, that whole era. Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson. I just put on Pandora, and put it on Motown, and it makes me smile; makes me smile so much.

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  Eras, Make Me Smile, Pandora

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• Plow through the weeds. Go to the auditions and go to the meetings and be on time. Stop looking to the left or the right. Keep your head down and keep moving.

  Tika Sumpter

  Weed, Moving, Down And

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• I'm an actress, model, and singer.

  Tika Sumpter

  Singers, Actresses, Models

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• I think the best part in going to the movies is you feel something and you relate whether its to family struggles or dimming your light for someone. I would say to never dim your light and to really, truly follow your dreams.

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  Dream, Struggle, Thinking

  "Sparkle Break-out Star Tika Sumpter". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.ebony.com. August 28, 2012.

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• My mom was an opera singer, and she gave up her career to raise a family. But she also taught my sisters how to sing.

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  Mom, Careers, Opera

  "Sparkle Break-out Star Tika Sumpter". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.ebony.com. August 28, 2012.

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• [Director Richard Tanne] was inspired by their [Barack and Michelle Obama] flirtation, and their connection. That's not normal with politicians who are married - they usually look forced or awkward.

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  Awkward, Directors, Connections

  Source: www.complex.com

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• I think she [Michelle Obama] is reluctant to date someone she's above at work. It's 1989, she's at a law firm, surrounded by mostly white men, and she has to prove herself every day.

  Tika Sumpter

  Men, Thinking, White Man

  Source: www.complex.com

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