Latest Debbie Allen Quotes from Interviews

• You have to continue to believe in yourself, know your value and continue to work on honing your skills. I was rejected by everyone but here I sit. So you have to stay in the game, you can't just fall apart. Hopefully those challenges will make you stronger, it did for me.

  Debbie Allen

  Fall, Believe, Challenges

  Source: lasentinel.net

• My mother Vivian Ayers always instilled within her children that our opinions, our thoughts and our ideas about what was possible was important. My mother made me feel that I was important as a thinker at four-years-old. And I instill that within my students everyday.

  Debbie Allen

  Mother, Children, Everyday

  Source: lasentinel.net

• There are so many famous people now that are not really gifted or talented at doing anything other than getting made up, putting on tight dresses, acting badly, getting married. I mean, what the hell? I don't know where we are going with this here in America. And we are setting a tone for the world, because everyone looks at what we do.

  Debbie Allen

  Mean, America, People

  "Legendary Dance Icon Debbie Allen and Vivian Nixon, Her Daughter". Interview to Chelsea Logan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• There was a time when fame meant that you were either someone who is really gifted in your field or you were making an impact or you are famous because you were a really horrible person, you know? But now, you can become famous by eating a frog. It's just not the same thing.

  Debbie Allen

  Impact, Horrible Person, Frogs

  "Legendary Dance Icon Debbie Allen and Vivian Nixon, Her Daughter". Interview to Chelsea Logan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• If you just change one person's life, you feel like you've done something. But if you can change a whole lot of them and get them looking at themselves differently, it's amazing.

  Debbie Allen

  Done, Like You, Feels

  "Legendary Dance Icon Debbie Allen and Vivian Nixon, Her Daughter". Interview to Chelsea Logan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• Fame is fleeting, honey. Fame is fleeting and it changes.

  Debbie Allen

  Fleeting, Honey, Fame

  "Legendary Dance Icon Debbie Allen and Vivian Nixon, Her Daughter". Interview with Chelsea Logan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• I've had a lot of experience auditioning people, and I can do it rather quickly even though sometimes I let them linger and give them time, but I kind of know after I see them do a couple of steps. I know.

  Debbie Allen

  Couple, People, Giving

  "Legendary Dance Icon Debbie Allen and Vivian Nixon, Her Daughter". Interview to Chelsea Logan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

• I'm driven by passion. I mean, I am tired right now. I work to a point of abandon. I am fueled by my understanding of the need for self-expression that exists for young people.

  Debbie Allen

  Mean, Passion, Tired

  "Legendary Dance Icon Debbie Allen and Vivian Nixon, Her Daughter". Interview to Chelsea Logan, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.