Queen Latifah Quotes

Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.

There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.

You don't look at a painting and ask if the artist was gay or straight. I think it's irrelevant in any situation - I don't care if my garbageman is gay or straight as long as he picks up the garbage.

I think it's totally up to the individual if they'd like a private life or if they'd like to be in the public eye - it's a choice you can make.

I want my personal life to be personal.

But on the other hand I believe I'm a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well.

I'd like to keep my personal life private. In reality, I know that's not possible. In the present, I'm trying to pretend it's possible.

My fellow band members don't discuss their loved ones, and I don't feel that just because I am gay, I should have to discuss mine!

My life, I swear, is, like, 75% public. I have a very small percentage of my life that is private. But I do keep that private life private.

You know, motherhood is my favourite topic in my personal life and I won't shut up about it, but it's not something I want to discuss publicly just because of the amount of attention it draws to a small person who didn't choose to be exposed.

Sometimes I like to think it would be nice if you just had a character, and your personal life was your personal life. My life is definitely out there, you know?

I don't live a lie. You have to understand that people who choose not to discuss their personal lives are not living a lie. That is a presumption that people jump to.

My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?

I'm not very comfortable about the audience getting a peek into my personal life. I like to keep my personal space.

Not everybody can see every moment of their life displayed by one set of people. It's just not going to happen.

I've never had a very great public life.

It sounds so trite, but my private life is mine.

It was never in my dreams to make my personal life anybody else's business.

About my books, that's all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private.

Obviously you don't want to be anonymous, but you don't want everyone to know your life.

I'm a very private person, and you have a lot of people looking into your personal life, away from football. That's the one thing that I don't like, but I always remember how lucky we are that we're playing football.

Don't get in my personal life.

It's not my job to get really personal in how I express myself. I've met fans, and they've been lovely. But letting my personal life out there, I don't think is a good idea for me. I think the more you do that, the more you can be accused of encouraging that kind of attention.

Perhaps the greatest challenge has been trying to keep my time to myself and my private life private in order to do my job. Everything that is most mine belongs to everyone now.

I grew up understanding the pros and cons of what you're getting into and knowing what comes with your job. I like to keep my private life private, and then work is work. I feel so far I've had a really good balance with that.