Quotes from Debra Wilson

I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.

Watched Star Wars in 77 and that's when I got into watching films. I was just blown away by it.

So many comics have such low self-esteem.

It's better to have loved and lost, than to live with a psycho for the rest of your life

We always performed for our church, but we also just performed whenever the family got together.

My driving force is spirituality.

There is a class system in acting just like in anything else. Black females fall in a category below black male actors.

My family is very theatrical.

I hated stand-up.

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.

People who don't use the tools given to them only injure themselves.

I was a shy little girl, nothing like what I am now.

Voice is my instrument.

It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.

Singing was the big focus and outlet for me.

And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.

My older sister Nikki went to Hampton music school in Virginia, then to another school later in New York.

I've played piano and guitar when I was younger.

This business is all about being seen, and the more people see you the better.

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now.

Chick Corea was a great influence on me, musically, as I was growing up.

I have to approach my life in this way so I can do what I need to do, and do it very well.