Tamara Tunie

“I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done.”

“I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth.”

“I still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown.”

“All you have is yourself and what you have to present, and just focus on that. And if you can walk out of the audition and say to yourself, 'I hit all my beats,' 'I accomplished my emotional honesty,' or 'I remembered my words,' then that's winning.”

“I've lived in New York for thirty years now, but I'm a proud Pittsburgher, and home is home. My family's still in Pittsburgh.”

“I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.”

“The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques.”

“I took the whole college prep trajectory, and then in my senior year of high school, I decided that performing was something that I had always done as a kid, and I loved it... I said, 'This makes people happy when I do this, I feel good, I get to pretend and explore other areas and learn so much'.”

“I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football.”

“Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things.”

“I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running.”

“Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last?”

“I am always happy to use my song and dance training.”

“The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married.”

“I wake up late, say 10 or 11, because we've usually been out and about town until 2 or 3 A.M. listening to music at the jazz clubs or hitting the jazz clubs post-theater.”

“When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University.”

“I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.”

“My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family.”

“I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood.”

“Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.”