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Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.
I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.
No question about it: I just didn't want the disease - but I definitely needed to hear about it.
Rich is not better.
Rich means you have to stay there to maintain it.... (more Nell Carter quotes)
Nell grew up singing with her family in her church choir, and began her career singing on the gospel circuit.
Nell performed a show-stopping rendition of 'Never Had A Friend Like Me', from the Walt Disney animated film Aladdin, at The 65th Annual Academy Awards show in 1992.
Nell appeared on various gameshows in the late 1980s, in hopes of being noticed for television sitcoms and movies. She was on Match Game and To Tell The Truth.
Nell ... (more Nell Carter trivia)