Diahann Carroll Quotes

Diahann Carroll — American Actress born on July 17, 1935,

Diahann Carroll is an American television and stage actress and singer. Her acting career has spanned nearly six decades. After appearing in some of the earliest major studio films to feature black casts such as Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess and on Broadway, she starred in Julia, one of the first series on American television to star a black woman in a non-stereotypical role. Later she played the role of Dominique Deveraux on the popular prime time soap opera, Dynasty. She is the recipient of numerous stage and screen awards and nominations. Carroll has been married four times and became the mother of a daughter in 1960. She is a breast cancer survivor and activist. Carroll was scheduled to return to the Broadway stage in the 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun as Mama, but withdrew prior to opening citing the demands of the rehearsal and performance schedule... (wikipedia)

You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly. That is a very difficult thing to do, but I'm learning.

I've spent about that amount of time trying to tell the public that there was purpose in... my business, my career and the roller coaster ride... how the people I associated with worked together.

I have a line of clothing at J.C. Penney's... and I'm lucky to be affiliated.

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.

I hope that there are no persons that would want to think ill of me in any direction or any behavior.