Taye Diggs
Taye Diggs
Scott Leo "Taye" Diggsis an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the Broadway musicals Rent and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the TV series Private Practice, the film How Stella Got Her Groove Back and the film The Best Man and its sequel The Best Man Holiday. Since 2014 he has starred as Inspector Terry English in Murder in the First...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 January 1971
CityNewark, NJ
Taye Diggs quotes about
black community crossover gauge notice people recently starting white
Just recently white people are starting to notice who I am. In the black community of actors, that's the gauge of how big you are, your real crossover appeal.
corny fantasy
As corny as it sounds, this is really a fantasy come true,
concern continuing folks katrina people pieces race realize relevance reminded subtle tired today white wondering
My concern is if Katrina were not to have happened, I'm wondering if people would realize the continuing relevance of pieces such as this. I really think a lot of white folks just get tired of being reminded that race is still an issue, because today it is so subtle and kind of masked.
living-my-life found
I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.
growing-up eyeglasses nerd
Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses.
independent ideas interesting
I've always been attracted to independent women, but the idea that someone could be independent and still kind of put herself second at times was pretty interesting.
wife missing black
Let’s just say its not a stereotype that black women are less submissive and harder to deal with. Being around all them black women made me really miss my wife.
past nicknames infatuation
All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs.
nerd juniors junior-high
I was never a hundred percent comfortable with the women I was hanging with because I was afraid they'd find out that I'm still the same person I was in junior high. With Idina, I didn't have to be ashamed of the nerd inside that came out.
wife cost admitting
The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs.
house awful handy
I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house,
wife my-wife handle
My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
broadway my-favorite intention
Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.
pretty-woman film my-favorite
One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.