Quotes from Kym Whitley

I encourage people to get a village so that there will always be someone who's like family looking out for your child.

As an actress, our hours can be grueling, and like any mother that has a career or job, it is difficult. Balancing spending time with your child in the morning and after they come home from daycare/school before is the key.

'College Road Trip' is colorless. It's not a black film. It's not a white film.

I saw Nichelle Nichols in 'Truck Turner,' and she was so good.

I worked with Marlon Wayans on the show 'They Wayans Brothers,' and we hit it off. One thing about Marlon, when he casts a movie or a TV show, he expects you to bring it. You've got to be ready to improv, because Marlon will say anything, and you've got to be ready to come back.

Sometimes you have to change the mold. If people keep following the same Hollywood mold, you're going to get the same thing. And as a Black actress, there's not a whole lot out there for us, unless we're creating it.

Sometimes, moms have to be creative to get their babies to eat healthy.

We still have to create things for African American women. Just like Tyler Perry is doing it, we can't wait for things to happen; you have to go and make and create roles and go to people.

The OWN network is all about inspiring and enlightening.

Voice work is the best - no need to dress up, no audience, no pressure, nobody's judging you.

Back in the day, we ate fresh; our parents cooked. Now, we're starting to think things are fresh because they're in a can, they're in a box, or they're frozen. That's not fresh. It's difficult to get real fresh.

Shaker Heights, Ohio is a predominately white neighborhood. It was when I moved in, and it still is.

I think the arts are absolutely necessary for children to be creative and express themselves because every child is different.

It doesn't matter if a child comes to you or through you. That love is still the same. You are still a mother.

A woman is a woman. A woman has male problems, has job problems, and I think funny is funny.