Hair is an issue for most women, and after washing, blow-drying, flat-ironing, curling, braiding, twisting and spending the time and money on it, who wants to mess it up by sweating and having to do it all over again? – Nicole Ari Parker
I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don’t know if that’s in movies, producing films, or writing a book, but I’m concerned about our spiritual well-being as a human race. I want to impact people in a way that makes us all reach for our best. – Nicole Ari Parker
We’re all moving at such a high rate that we have to grab the frozen dinners and the McDonald’s. We can’t make it a way of life – we have to get back to real, simple, clean good foods. It will save our lives on so many levels; not just spina bifida, but obesity, diabetes, everything. Food is our medicine. – Nicole Ari Parker
You shouldn’t marry unless the both of you are on the same page on a lot of things. Life is going to deal you blows, and you have to be together. Your values and priorities have to be on the same page; otherwise, it won’t work. – Nicole Ari Parker
Not just as a black woman, but as a woman, since the beginning of time, beauty has been our responsibility. – Nicole Ari Parker
Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars. – Nicole Ari Parker
Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I’m thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home. – Nicole Ari Parker
Exercise is about being grateful for the body you have and sustaining the life you have. – Nicole Ari Parker
All kids want from their dad is for them to be around – and to show up when they say they’re going to show up. – Nicole Ari Parker
Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you’re on a freeway all the time. – Nicole Ari Parker
Spina bifida affects every single aspect of your life, from your child’s self-esteem to your ability to sleep at night. – Nicole Ari Parker
I’m kind of floating out there as an artist. I’m in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend or a mommy or a lawyer, but a huge part of me is unused. I’m classically trained, historically inclined and somewhat revolutionary by nature, so I’m frustrated as an artist. – Nicole Ari Parker
I can be really silly, but I never get to do that. I’m always playing on-the-nose characters, professionals – lawyers, a serious news anchor, people with a really focused energy, which can become a cliched type. – Nicole Ari Parker
Raising children uses every bit of your being – your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them. – Nicole Ari Parker
If you had to work 14 hour days, Mondays to Fridays, then you have to keep Saturdays and Sundays sacred. – Nicole Ari Parker
When you set a play in the French Quarter in New Orleans, it’s hard not to acknowledge the whole African-American, French, white mixing of races. That’s what the French Quarter is: it’s a Creole community. – Nicole Ari Parker
I had a brilliant drama teacher while I was at Roland Park: Ann Mainolfi. But the school was mostly rich in academics. It wasn’t like I was prepping myself for a life in acting. There, you prepped yourself to have a stable future. The school’s piece de resistance is college prep – it didn’t teach you how to audition for a TV show. – Nicole Ari Parker
A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars. – Nicole Ari Parker
