Latest Laverne Cox Quotes from Interviews

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• I don't think there's a right or wrong things in your style. It's about how you clearly reflect who you are; how you more clearly tell the story. Who are you? How do you want to transmit that to the world, and how do you more clearly say that? Then I have a philosophy, FFPS: fit, fabric, proportion, and silhouette. Proportion's everything, really, knowing your body and understanding that. Those things have been really crucial for me. It's about being clear about the story you want to tell to the world about who you are - and maybe a little bit of FFPS.

  Laverne Cox

  Philosophy, Thinking, Understanding

  Source: www.glamour.com

• Just me existing, as an openly black transgender woman from a working-class background, thriving, is a political act. My brother always reminds me that if you are black in America and you're alive, you deserve a round of applause. There are so many forces that don't want us to be alive, and so just being openly who I am, and happy and thriving, is a political act.

  Laverne Cox

  Brother, Political, Black

  Source: www.glamour.com

• Beyoncé means so much to me. Throughout my transition, Beyoncé has been there as a style icon, an example of excellence, of beauty, of vulnerability. She's shared so much of herself, and it's inspiring.

  Laverne Cox

  Mean, Style, Excellence

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I've been realizing lately how horribly vain I am. I do believe that if I'm successful, it's because of my talent and intelligence, but there's pretty privilege in the world - that's a reality. When I was a kid, in middle school, I started going to thrift stores and dressing myself. It was about announcing to the world who I was. That's what fashion was for me, as a kid. You might have an idea of who you think I am, but I'm going to tell you through my fashion choices who I am.

  Laverne Cox

  Fashion, Believe, Kids

  Source: www.glamour.com

• When you train as a dancer, you understand you have to work exceptionally hard. I think dancers are the hardest - working people in show business. You have to push your body beyond where you thought it could go. It's athleticism. Perfection doesn't exist, but with classical ballet, there is an ideal, and I got obsessed with that ideal. In some ways, it was problematic because I don't have an ideal ballet body, but the discipline is what I carry with me to this day. That's my park, the discipline of dancing.

  Laverne Cox

  Thinking, Perfection, Discipline

  Source: www.glamour.com

• Beyoncé says it was Mathew Knowles, her father, who made her understand discipline and work ethic, what it means to come in early before class starts to stretch, or to work on your dégagés or your pirouettes or whatever it was. I was a turner! So to come in early and then to stay afterward and to just soak up everything that the teacher has, that's really what it's about - the striving for excellence.

  Laverne Cox

  Teacher, Father, Mean

  Source: www.glamour.com

• Being a black transgender woman in America is really hard. It's been really hard for me. But for me living a lie was much worse. I need to be in my truth. And I've been very, very lucky that I've been able to live my dreams and I believe everyone should have the right to live their dreams. This is America. We're supposed to all have that right.

  Laverne Cox

  Dream, Lying, Believe

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• You need names to get the movie made.

  Laverne Cox

  Names, Needs, Made

  Source: variety.com

• I'm always skeptical about representations of trans people, especially when trans people are not making the work.

  Laverne Cox

  People, Trans, Skeptical

  Source: variety.com

• So often, trans roles don't even go to trans actors. Most of the fabulous trans roles that have won people Oscars, we didn't get to play. A lot of folks have said we're not trained enough and that we're not prepared to do whatever.

  Laverne Cox

  Play, People, Roles

  Source: variety.com

• Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it.

  Laverne Cox

  Book, Writing, Want

  Source: www.elle.com