Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashad
Phylicia Rashād /ˈfɪliːʃəˈrɑːʃəd/is an American actress and stage director. She is known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for this role in 1985 and 1986...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth19 June 1948
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
democracy educated
Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.
heart theater faint-of-heart
Let’s just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart,
moving school artist
I love theater. To have the people onstage right there, to be working in concert with other artists, this is a like a school of fish moving together.
god-love accepting humans
How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?
giving life-experience capacity
The act of giving expands one's entire life experience because nothing is more fulfilling than one's capacity to give.
doing-nothing good-times having-a-good-time
I am having a good time doing nothing.
actresses looks able
What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.
good-work accepting
When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.
jobs acting noses
Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.
letting-go perseverance children
The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.
moving creative upset
Things have a way of moving to the left, and then they move back to the right before somebody finds themselves in the center. That seems to be the nature of the creative world. It's not stagnant. I don't get upset about it.
play discovery littles
If the playwright knew every little thing about his play, why bother? There must be discovery all the time, otherwise why bother to do it?
noise watches cacophony
There was a time when I couldn't watch sitcoms for a while because it was just cacophony, it was just noise.
museums play magic
If there are no films or plays of interest to me, I don't go. I know how to go to a museum or a library or pick up a good magazine or I can watch the sun set. I know how to live. There's a whole creation out there full of magic and wonder to be explored.