Prince
Prince
A prince is a male ruler, monarch, or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. Prince is also a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess. The English word derives, via the French word prince, from the Latin noun princeps, from primus+ capio, meaning "the chief, most distinguished, ruler, prince"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth7 June 1958
CityMinneapolis, MN
CountryUnited States of America
Be passionate about your [movie] material, because you're going to have to overcome a lot of "No's," and it's that passion that fuels the fight.
A classic is a classic for a reason. Let's try to create new classics. The idea of repeating ourselves drives me a little crazy.
People often ask me if I feel discriminated against as a black female director. I don't. I'm actually offered a ton of stuff. But I only want to direct what I write. And I prefer to focus on black female characters. What's most important to me is to put characters up onscreen who are not perfect, but who are human and flawed.
I write to music, and Nina Simone is always on my playlist to write to. I mean, shes inspiring. Shes truthful and real and raw.
Improv is a very big thing for me. The thing with actors is I do not understand at all how they do what they do. I'm fascinated by it, and I have such a respect for it.
It’s time for architecture to do things again, not just represent things.
Public libraries are the last vestige of public free space.
It's not so much about form versus functionality. Rather, it's about doing both and doing them a lot and doing them well-and that's how we should be talking about architecture.
Architecture is not created by individuals. The genius sketch ... is a myth. Architecture is made by a team of committed people who work together, and in fact, success usually has more to do with dumb determination than with genius.
I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.
I saw 'On The Town' about nine times. I discovered it. I loved it. I was in college.
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes.
The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.
One of the best ways to practice the presence of the Lord is to thank Him all the time.