Top 30 Grace Gealey Quotes

Even though there will be times when I’ll need to protect myself – there will definitely be times when I’ll have to put up my guard just to monitor what comes in and out of my life – there’s a grace there… no pun intended!

I was raised by a single black deaf woman, so I am as independent as they come.

My mother is Afro-Caribbean and my father is Caucasian–American, and I was born in Pennsylvania and moved to the Cayman Islands when I was about 2. So I grew up there with my mother, and it’s really all I know. I grew up there until it was time to go to college, and that’s when I moved back to America.

I do miss my hair because I used to do so much stuff with it, but I do like different levels of short. I had a super short pixie before, and I loved it.

I’m a very spiritual person, and I believe in God and all that kind of stuff. So my perfect type of guy would be spiritually grounded, extremely respectful and funny because I love to laugh.

Honestly, I’m very much a tomboy.

I used to run around barefoot and climb trees and pick fruit and sell it on the side of the road like a real island girl.

Because of the fact that being a professional actor is not a career that is widely pursued back home in the Cayman Islands, I never thought it was a viable profession. It didn’t even cross my mind. So when I knew I wanted to do theater, I didn’t think ‘actress,’ even though I loved to perform.

We may not know what each day has in store for us. We could be gone tomorrow. Any minute could truly be our goodbye. But we do have this moment. This time. Today. Right now. It takes way more effort to shell out hate then it does to allow love to flow freely in our lives. After all, it’s what we were born to do.

Having racially diverse casts on television is a more accurate depiction of the demographic of the world we live in.

We need you. The best version of you. You’re here for a reason, and we can’t wait to see what that is. Stay in your lane. Run that race.

I don’t have time to beat myself up over my fallible nature. Instead I use my energy to learn from my past and let it inform my future. It’s time to own all of our glory, mistakes, mess and light and be gentle to ourselves. Let’s be kind to our spirits and celebrate the truth of our hearts.

I would love to share the screen with Meryl Streep, wouldn’t we all? I would love to work with Spielberg and Scorsese; that would be lovely. I’m also a huge fan of Johnny Depp and the way he creates his characters, so that would be fun. I mean, any of the greats, really.

There a lot of other things I love to do. I consider myself as an artist, so I dance, I paint, I sing, so as long as I’m creating, I’m happy.

I find that when I put too much makeup on, or I use a certain brand, my skin will break out. I tend to gravitate towards water-based foundations because my skin absorbs them a little better and it doesn’t break out as much. I use Hourglass Mineral Veil. It’s so amazing.

Connecting with people in person is so important. To look in the eyes of our girls and let them know that you really do support them transcends the impersonal connection of technology.

As a child, I was always interested in drama and performance.

Disrespect is tired. Shade is old. Sipping ‘tea‘ isn’t cute. But loving, supporting, giving, being grateful and perpetuating light, is.

Let us swell with gratitude and allow it to overwhelm us. It isn’t as cliche as we make it; life truly is short. Let’s spend it all lavishly wallowing in gratitude.

When I came to America, that’s when I started to feel that there was a lot of push-back from women. I was definitely made aware that I am light-skinned. I realized that was a thing here.

It’s so easy to get whisked away in the hubbub of friends, work and busy-ness, but we need to take the time to be still and become aware of ourselves. The small things. The fact that we’re still breathing. Our ability to move. The presence of love around and in us. Our strengths. Our opportunities. Our journeys.

There’s something scary, knowing that in Florida, someone can pick you up in a car and drive you to 50 states. Back home, it’s like, ‘Girl, you’re 15 minutes away.’

I understand that there are a few roles out there and tons of actors. Just because you don’t get the big break doesn’t mean you’re not worthy or that what you have to offer isn’t valid.

Do you, and the rest is background noise.

As a kid, I was obsessed with Meryl Streep, and I still am.

The greatest lesson I have learned in life is that I am enough simply because I have been given life. Growing up, I constantly found myself trying to please others because I wanted to be included and validated. I expended myself completely.

There were times when I was working three jobs at one time, and I was still auditioning just to make ends meet, and I was hoping that something was going to come through. Especially after you have two degrees, standing solid through the process is sometimes the hardest part because there is no guarantee.

Back home, we watch a lot of movies, and that was never available to us. When I came to America, I was like, ‘No, it’s really coming out this Friday? Not three months from now?’

Everybody has a different journey. Everybody has a different path, and you don’t really know what to expect. All you know is to just keep plugging away, and you hope something will come through and something will happen.

The best work we can ever do in this world is work on being the greatest version of ourselves so we can continue to give the highest version of this to others.