Diggs Quotes

#1. minorityhood is a state of mind, Mr. Diggs. It is a sense of powerlessness, of being out of the mainstream, of being here on sufferance. I refuse to let others define me that way. I tell my fellow Muslims: No one can make you a minority without your consent.

Shashi Tharoor

#2. 'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs.

Idina Menzel

#3. I smiled. You mean like a psychic imprint? I know your assistant director of the Preternatural Division, and I mean no disrespect, but I never got the feeling you believed in magic as an investigative tool.'
From the book 9 Incarnate - Caitlin Diggs Series

Gary Starta

#4. All my friends from my past would know me as Scott Diggs. Taye Diggs comes from Scott-taye. When I went to college I liked it because it was so different and I have an infatuation with nicknames.

Taye Diggs

#5. I was never a hundred percent comfortable with the women I was hanging with because I was afraid they'd find out that I'm still the same person I was in junior high. With Idina, I didn't have to be ashamed of the nerd inside that came out.

Taye Diggs

#6. I love apple juice.

Taye Diggs

#7. Growing up, I was a nerd. With actual taped eyeglasses.

Taye Diggs

#8. I keep all my clothes on in House on Haunted Hill, Mary Jane's Last Dance, and The Way of the Gun.

Taye Diggs

#9. One of my favorite films is 'Pretty Woman.'

Taye Diggs

#10. I think the picture in Jet magazine showing Emmett Till's mutilation was probably the greatest media product in the last forty or fifty years because that picture stimulated a lot of interest and anger on the part of blacks all over the country.

Charles Diggs

#11. You just don't see the same type of all-purpose entertainers nowadays.

Taye Diggs

#12. I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'

Taye Diggs

#13. I'm going through a stage where the dumbest things make me bawl. I feel like I need to see a shrink.

Taye Diggs

#14. Let's just say its not a stereotype that black women are less submissive and harder to deal with. Being around all them black women made me really miss my wife.

Taye Diggs

#15. The large ensemble cast and the fact that it was being shot in New York, combined with a lot of strong positive images as far as African Americans are concerned, really turned me on to The Best Man.

Taye Diggs

#16. Live theater is my favorite of all the mediums that I have worked in, so I have every intention on coming back to Broadway.

Taye Diggs

#17. Somebody will be upset and say I got rich and deserted my female people; No offense, but the only black woman I ever loved is my mama

Taye Diggs

#18. But then all that died down and as far as casting was concerned it didn't really matter that I had been on Broadway.

Taye Diggs

#19. I'm always up for going back to the stage.

Taye Diggs

#20. I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you.

Taye Diggs

#21. I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.

Taye Diggs

#22. I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.

Taye Diggs

#23. I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.

Taye Diggs

#24. My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.

Taye Diggs

#25. The whole issue is that everyone would love to do theater, but it doesn't pay enough, so to do music theater on TV, that's the ultimate dream.

Taye Diggs

#26. I complained to my mother about wanting to look less like myself and more like my friends. My mother then gave me a lesson in embracing my differences and loving them despite what others said.

Taye Diggs

#27. The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs.

Taye Diggs

#28. I jump at any chance to go back into theater.

Taye Diggs

#29. I think back to back romantic comedies are good for black film.

Taye Diggs

#30. The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.

Taye Diggs

#31. Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.

Taye Diggs

#32. I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.

Taye Diggs

#33. I'm living my life and I found a woman who I love.

Taye Diggs

#34. It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me.

Taye Diggs

#35. On the set I never know what day of the week it is.

Taye Diggs

#36. Like I went out to a predominantly black club last night and nobody said anything and I was wishing somebody would so that someone would dance with me.

Taye Diggs

#37. I've always been attracted to independent women, but the idea that someone could be independent and still kind of put herself second at times was pretty interesting.

Taye Diggs