Quotes By Gabrielle Union

I don't get enough sleep so I always have undereye bags.

Sometimes it's not even a role that's specifically written for a woman. It could be a role written for a white man or Asian man, or Latino. If it's something that I feel I could do well, I go after it. Especially if it's nothing that has to be gender or race specific, I'm all over it.

I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.

Just like I find men who talk sports who don't really know sports annoying, I think men might find women who don't really have a true passion and knowledge of sports maybe not so attractive.

My friends are very opinionated about the people I date.

Reality TV looks more like America than movies do.

In Hollywood, marriages are kind of expected to fail.

There's no such thing as a healthy tan, and that's what people need to understand.

I just kind of assumed that you do a movie and then you leave and you hop onto the next thing. I never thought that people are actually buddies.

You want to come home to a nice firm bed with the corners tucked in so you start over, like each night is like a new night.

As a newly married person, as much as I would love for my husband to buy into the 'my way or the highway' philosophy, you realize it's all about compromising and finding some sort of middle ground that everyone can live with.

You have to be resilient.

I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!

I drink a gallon of water a day.

I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.

If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.

I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.

Boys are so much drama.

We give a lot of others significance in our lives even when they don't deserve it. It doesn't matter if they're family or if you've known them forever. If they're not good for you, they've got to go.

The guys I tended to date, you know, didn't necessarily have it altogether but I had a great time.

The black community in Hollywood is very small and close-knit. Everyone has a common goal: to make a two-hour movie in 30 days.

I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.

I'm the kind of person whose clothes are all hung up and color-coordinated, to the point where my whites don't touch my creams.

I was at one time a football wife, and there is a certain level of bonding that happens between women who are the wives of football players.

I think if we open ourselves to all different kinds of men and all groups, we find a lot more opportunities to love.

I like meat and carbohydrates.

I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.

I love romantic comedies. They're for me the easiest thing to do and the most natural to do. There's nothing natural about holding an uzi hanging out of a moving van shooting at people. That's not second nature to me, thank God.

In Hollywood, you play a mom, and the next thing you know, you're on 'The Golden Girls.' They age you so fast.

I had to learn - since I'm divorced now and everyone is like, 'Oh my God, you're single, what's going on?' - that if I don't like to spend time with myself, how can I ask someone else to enjoy spending time with me? I'm getting to learn how to enjoy my solitude and have a good time.