A biography for Tamron Hallhasn’t been written yet.
“I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.”
“I am a gummy bear fanatic.”
“When I came to MSNBC, its identity as the place for politics was growing.”
“When I was a kid growing up, I always thought I would be a journalist, and I thought, you know, I'd cover stories about other people, and we're always taught never to make the story about yourself.”
“Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline.”
“My dad was in the Army, so what was happening internationally and nationally was always important to my family.”
“So I have people who tweet and ask me, 'You can't be this happy all the time. You can't be this cheerful.' Well, yes I am. From where I've come from and my family and what I see as real struggles in day to day life, through my reporting. I'm never going to look at challenges.”
“I met Bon Jovi on the way to Washington, D.C. I think I called him Jon Jovi. Ugghhhh. I just smiled and pretended it didn't happen. I love him and his wife; they're so sweet. I was very nervous.”
“I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.”
“I was 7 years old, and I challenged everything. I never accepted answers on face value.”
“I laugh about it all the time, but, for whatever reason, a lot of people think that I wear a wig. I get emails and tweets about people commenting on my hair being a wig. It's one of the strangest but most entertaining things I've read about myself online.”
“I didn't want to be the aunt where you come over and can't sit on the sofa.”
“We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.”
“When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.”
“As a kid from Texas, it always amazes me when city kids don't know how to ride a bike.”
“The troops aren't red and blue. They're not black and white. They're not male and female. They are Americans! When they put their uniforms on, they are Americans. And that's a fact.”
“I will never answer that question of what are the challenges I face. You speak it into existence, and I choose to use that air for other things.”
“I love Rihanna. She represents that strong, independent woman that you cannot keep down.”
“I love my job and my relationship with the viewers who watch my shows.”
“I was on morning TV for 10 years in Chicago.”