Jasmine Guy

“I think it's important for us as a people to see ourselves in all our glorious colors.”

“Whitley Gilbert taught me how to be a woman. I was a girl when I started that show.”

“I don't think I've ever been a classic beauty. I've always had a character face.”

“You don't just go to a historically black college and not be political.”

“I'm very proud of being a part of 'A Different World'. It was a show that was for us, by us.”

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.”

“The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.”

“I love 'A Different World' because it was a family. We were all friends.”

“You have to be willing to be bad at something to be good at it.”

“We need to tell our own stories. If we don't, someone else will, and they'll get it wrong.”

“Fame is a beast. I've seen it chew people up and spit them out.”

“I've always been drawn to complex characters. I don't want to play the same note all the time.”