A biography for Jenifer Lewishasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a classically trained actress, and I have many levels and colors, and 'Ventura Boulevard' is where I am planning to stretch and grow.”
“I never thought I'd be using this phrase, but the pursuit of happiness - that's my right.”
“Saturday night is when my hair would be fixed up and that was my memory.”
“I think my performance in 'What's Love Got to Do With It' was powerful. I was so unafraid and confident. You know, it was the first mother of black Hollywood. I was Tina Turner's mama. That's what started it all. I had fallen in love right before that movie, and I had absolutely no fear in me.”
“But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules that are gentle and kind.”
“America has a relationship with Bobby and Whitney.”
“I've been in charge all my damn life, but executive producing is teamwork. You're involved with every aspect of the production, from casting to locations, everything.”
“You are a black goddess when you come out the salon.”
“Whoopi and I have been friends ever since she claimed she couldn't sing on the set of Sister Act.”
“Creativity does not stop just because you're over 50. Hollywood spits female actresses out after age 29, but you don't stop creating. If anything, you become wiser and even better.”
“'Black-ish' is the cherry on the top of my career... When you come into your own, when you're in your skin, you're unstoppable, because you're living in the moment of life.”
“I don't know what to say about Jill Marie. The girls on 'Girlfriends' were all my babies.”
“A diva is someone who pretends to know who she is and looks fabulous doing it.”
“Apart from being Jennifer Lewis. The name pulls people in.”
“I want to co-produce again.”
“If you just want to be a star, go away.”
“What if Whitney was at her top, and we brought in a name like Whitney Houston, it would sell.”
“We are as sick as our secrets, so I tell everything.”
“I'm very humbled by the fact that I do have so much to say, and I just hope that my walk, my honesty, will make a difference for people and maybe motivate them.”
“I still go to a salon where a gal does my hair, and I don't know if it's because I'm a celebrity but by the time I leave there, we are eating chicken and talking and screaming.”