Taraji P. Henson Quotes

Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour in advance.

So, in a way I was hedging and saying that if the Olympic stuff doesn't work out at least I can be a lawyer.

Obviously, I'm going to graduate college. So if sports don't work out, I'll have something to fall back on.

I'm the kind of person who always has a Plan B. I don't want to go into anything without another option.

The odds are stacked against you becoming a footballer, so my family made sure I always had a backup plan.

It can't hurt to have a backup.

We're hoping for the best, but we need to prepare for the worst.

You know, if it doesn't work, we can always cut it.

My whole thing is I want to have a backup plan because maybe I won't get another acting job after 'Fame', maybe I'll want to give up on acting in five years or whatever and I want to have something else that I enjoy just as much as I enjoy acting.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

As a youngster, my mother and father always drilled into my head having something to fall back on. My father was kind of funny. I'd score 40 points. I'd come home and say, 'Look dad, I scored 40.' He'd never have a smile on his face. He'd be like, 'I saw that move you did. What if you'd hurt your knee?'

My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out.

Normally in dangerous situations I have a getaway car.

It's unwise in business to have one client or two clients. It's unwise in electricity to have one source or two sources.

When I started acting, everyone told me to get a backup in case it didn't work out; if there was something else I could have done, I would have done it. Acting should never be your chosen path if you can help it.

You just need a good plan and then a back-up plan!

Pursue your dreams but have a backup plan.

If I hadn't made it as a footballer I would have been an electrician. I studied to be an electrician even though I was progressing at football because you never know at that stage if you are going to be there for sure.

I have a Plan B, Plan C, but my Plan A is working, so I'll keep doing that.

I like to write from scratch most of the time, but I like to have a backup plan just in case.

That's why you went to school, because you realize that, being a professional athlete, there's a good chance you're not going to make it. You need an education, that's why for me, it was such an important decision to go to college and further my education to provide me a safety net in case this didn't work out.

I went to school to Washburn to play basketball, and I always believed if basketball didn't work out I could fall back on golf.

One of the most overwhelming things about dating is imagining going on an entire dinner date for an evening with someone you don't even know you have chemistry with yet.

I think I put myself in a position where I have all kinds of opportunities available to me, if God forbid something doesn't work out, at least I have other options.

I have a backup plan. Everybody should have a backup plan. I am a banker. The day you all get bored of me and don't want to watch my films, I will go back to banking.