50 Tracee Ellis Ross Inspirational Quotes and Sayings

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Updated: October 31st, 2022

Tracee Ellis Ross is an American actress, comedian, singer, and a famous face in American television series.

Tracee began her acting career in the 1990s, in a recurring role on sitcoms, and made her film debut with the 1992 comedy horror feature film The Cemetery Club. In more than twenty years since then, she has appeared in television shows and developed a notable career as a comedic actress.

From the 2010s to the present, Ellis Ross starred in the popular ABC series Black-ish and was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards for the role of Rainbow Johnson.

She is best known for her lead role as Joan Clayton on the ABC sitcom, for which she has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two, and four NAACP Image Awards.

We've put together an incredible collection of the best Tracee Ellis Ross quotes to read.

Here they are:

50 Tracee Ellis Ross Inspirational Quotes and Sayings

Inspiring Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes On Life

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later. - Tracee Ellis Ross

It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Differences in experience, points of view, and opinions aren't what pull us apart. It's what pulls us together. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today. - Tracee Ellis Ross

When you feel happy, you look beautiful. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I hope they look at me and think, That lady looks like she accepts herself. - Tracee Ellis Ross

We all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seen. - Tracee Ellis Ross

In some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Just embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I'm an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I like to choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I'm trying to find my own version of what makes me feel beautiful. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I'm a really big believer in self-care. One of the ways I nourish my soul is I eat the way I live my life joyfully. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Self-care of all kinds is a huge part of my life. I really encourage other women and other people to really put self-care - and that includes the beauty regime, how you eat, all of that into your body. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I have to take some time to dream some new dreams. I feel like there's a treasure hunt in front of me. A treasure hunt that is speckled with and seeded by deep-rooted wild freedom. - Tracee Ellis Ross

My bathroom is filled with hair and makeup stuff and I play with it all the time. The real lesson is, is that you can own your own sense of beauty. It doesn't have to be something you get from somewhere else. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn't exist, as did Oprah. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I've always been a curious thinker. And now, as an adult, I can articulate it. - Tracee Ellis Ross

One of the things I've realized is how portable God is. No really, He's everywhere. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Sometimes I feel like art is supposed to mirror life, but strangely it's as if art is trying to catch up to life, to a certain extent. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I was shy, but it came out in a big personality. My turning point was when I let my hair go natural and I got contact lenses. I am really blind, by the way. I have these big eyes that don’t work! - Tracee Ellis Ross

When I'm not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it's time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun, or my favorite milkmaid braid. - Tracee Ellis Ross

If I'm going to show cleavage or chest then I don't show leg. I show one thing. If I show my leg then everything else is covered up. - Tracee Ellis Ross

This is a couple that actually loves, respects & appreciates each other. - Tracee Ellis Ross

There is a way to be a woman, ask for what we deserve, and be able to negotiate. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I buy what makes my heart sing. So, it's not that I follow one specific track. It's sort of what I like. I love colors. I love unique pieces. I love vintage clothing. - Tracee Ellis Ross

My mom would leave her job, and there would be throngs of people screaming and banging on our car. I come from a very private family, but I was born into a public family. - Tracee Ellis Ross

One of the photographers was like, Can you stop talking and try to look sexy for a minute? - Tracee Ellis Ross

I think our culture promotes fear and shame. - Tracee Ellis Ross

It would drive the photographers crazy because I would giggle and tell jokes. I was gregarious, and looking back, I realize I had a captive audience. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I was spoiled when I worked in the magazine world. Fashion closets are heaven and I seem to model my organization after a fashion closet. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Why am I beating my hair up? Because I want it to look like something that it isn't? These are questions that I've been pondering my whole life. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Somehow Kenya Bariss has figured out how to explore these very weighty, sticky, sharp topics, and still be fun and not make fun of the topic. - Tracee Ellis Ross

This woman was not simply a reflection of who her husband was. She was her own whole self. And even if we weren't exploring life through her eyes, when we did see her it was clear that she had a full life. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I don't know that the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a child of somebody hugely famous necessarily comes into play in my life. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall. - Tracee Ellis Ross

The clothing, the makeup, and the freedom of expression in the models' bodies. It was Linda and Christy and Naomi at the time. So I modeled before college. - Tracee Ellis Ross

My mom helped me. I was very shy growing up, but my shyness sort of manifested in a big personality. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Sometime in my second year at Brown University, I took an acting class. And the lightbulb went off for me. I fell in love with it. I realized that everything I was afraid of about myself, all my fears, could be used in that world. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I'm a farmer's market girl, so if you go and get beautiful, fresh fruit, that's local, and it hasn't been frozen yet, it's pretty fantastic. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I think television is doing a better job than films in terms of representing people, but television is still not diverse. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Black-ish is really a show about an American family and these are some of the topics that come up for all of us, in different ways and we get to see how this family is walking through it. - Tracee Ellis Ross

There are a ton of foods that are great for you, that's like an indulgence. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Nothing goes too windward like a 747. - Tracee Ellis Ross

As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others, and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I don't always feel fierce and fearless, but I do feel like I'm a rock star at being human. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Famous Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes On Beauty

I cook naked, and I walk around naked. I'm very comfortable with my body. - Tracee Ellis Ross

There's a power in what we hold as artists, and part of that comes with a responsibility to share the human experience and really allow that to be seen. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Even if politicians spew confusing, convoluted jargon, these people are still meant to represent me, and the only way that happens is if I stay informed and vote. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Lily Tomlin was one of the early comedy greats who influenced my courage to be the person I am. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I loved being a redhead! I always wanted to try it. I was obsessed with Lucille Ball growing up. I really wanted to try it but I always thought that doing it would ruin my hair. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I'm always touched by people's different stories of who they are and why they made the choices that they made. I feel so empowered by the story behind the person. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I used to think 40 was old. Now I think, Hey, 40's hot. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Keep in mind that diversity does not just mean black. It means all of it - age, weight, gender. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I feel like I'm on the inside for the first time. Inside the castle. I have an Emmy nomination! - Tracee Ellis Ross

I'm baffled by the people who say, I'm just not going to vote. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I think my biggest tip and I consider it a part of my beauty routine is getting my sleep, without a doubt. I do a true eight hours. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I've never felt like I was in my mother's shadow. If anything, I felt like I was in her embrace. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Clothing started as armor for me. It was one of the ways that I protected myself from the world. It evolved into a form of creative expression. - Tracee Ellis Ross

It is important for me to feel like myself on a red carpet - not the way somebody else thinks I should look. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Keeping the facts differentiated from the fantasy is incredibly helpful in gathering your information as you discover if a person is a match for you. - Tracee Ellis Ross

We should all do what we can in our daily lives to remember that we are glorious and powerful. - Tracee Ellis Ross

My natural disposition is pretty joyful, but you know, I have bad days and sad moments like anybody else. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I don't have children. I don't know how I would feel if my child brought home a different-race boyfriend or girlfriend. I don't think I would have any issue with it. But I have no litmus test for that. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I am a connoisseur of products. I check out everything, I try everything. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I listen to my body. Some days all I want is a good steak and others, I crave veggies and quinoa. - Tracee Ellis Ross

As a woman of color, we're raised to know we have to be twice as good. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I don't do what I do to get nominated. I do what I do because I love it. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I have a vocabulary in clothing. It's like a whole language. - Tracee Ellis Ross

Putting all your eggs in one basket has never worked for me. Personally, I find if I decide too quickly that someone is my match, I start to get a little nutty. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I'm toned, but I'm not cut. I like a little jiggle! - Tracee Ellis Ross

My goal is not necessarily to be an inspiration. I think, if anything, I want to continue to be inspired and to continue to grow as a person. - Tracee Ellis Ross

I eat in the same philosophy that I live with: joyfully! - Tracee Ellis Ross

Politics is tricky for me. For most of my life, I didn't think it applied to me. - Tracee Ellis Ross

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