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I didn’t want to be an actress; I never thought of being an actress because, as children, there were three of us – I was the middle child – and we spent our time in church from Sunday morning to Saturday night.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

As far as ‘Jane Pittman,’ I don’t know that I could verbalize, to this day, what I felt once I got into that role. I did a tremendous amount of research. I need to feel as though I am in the person’s skin.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Now, I am perfectly willing to just enjoy my career by choosing roles simply because I consider them to be a challenge and doing the best possible job I can.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

My mother was an introvert and quite religious. And we were brought up in the church. And when she learned that I wanted to act, she simply said: ‘You cannot live here and do that.’

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

The choices of roles I made had to do with educating and entertaining. And as a result I found myself working only every two or three years.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women had the kind of love relationship that Rebecca and Nathan had in Sounder.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

We have to support our own films. If we don’t, how can we expect others to support them?

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Ali… we should have gone to see that movie. Malcolm X was another one.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

I don’t condemn anyone for making their choices. If someone chooses those roles, fine. But not for me. When someone stops me and says, You’re the reason I became an actress, that lets me know I made the right decision.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

I don’t think you can measure wealth in dollars and cents. I really don’t believe that at all because there are some things that money cannot buy. One of them is health. And the other is security in your relationships and friends.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

My gratification in working comes from the preparation and the building of the character.

– Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Unless a piece really said something, I had no interest in it. I have got to know that I have served some purpose here.

– Cicely Tyson

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