Melissa De Sousa Quotes

Melissa De Sousa — American Actress born on September 25, 1967,

Melissa De Sousa is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Shelby in the 1999 romantic comedy-drama film The Best Man and its 2013 sequel The Best Man Holiday. De Sousa also starred as Gabriella Jimenez in BET's Reed Between the Lines . Born in New York City, De Sousa is of Panamanian descent... (wikipedia)

I've always been kind of an introvert growing up.

When you're in your 20s, you're a little more carefree; you're single. You have a very different way of looking at the world and experiencing the world. But later in your 30s, when you have children, a career, career obstacles, mortgages, car payments and relationships, you have to negotiate; that's a very different life.

Just go and keep auditioning and keep trying and keep believing things will turn around, and it always does.

You cannot let people come up in your face and stop you.

'The Best Man' was my first feature film, and I didn't want to be known as a director who only does romantic comedies.