About Phylicia Rashad: Phylicia Rashad is an American actress, singer and stage director, best known for her role as Clair Huxtable on the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for this part in 1985 and 1986.
Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.
Every role affords me something different in the way of understanding, and that's really why you take these roles, not to show that thing that people talk about of showing what you can do - that has nothing to do with anything.
Let's just say that the theater is not for the faint of heart.
I think the real understanding comes when we recognize our humanity in each other. That's not just between blacks and whites. That's between all religions as well.
There's all kinds of mothers, so to use the label 'mother' and to think you really understood all that a human being is because she's a mother, is a mistake.
If I had known being insane was so much fun, I'd have gone crazy long ago.
Everything you do, every thought you have, every word you say creates a memory that you will hold in your body. It's imprinted on you and affects you in subtle ways - ways you are not always aware of. With that in mind, be very conscious and selectiv...
Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.
As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.
