I am having a good time doing nothing.
The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.
There's always something to suggest that you'll never be who you wanted to be. Your choice is to take it or keep on moving.
What he showed me was not what I had to get, but what I already have. I am just myself, and who I am is a lot.
What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.
When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.
When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself.
Phylicia speaks fluent Spanish.
Phylicia was a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority when she was in college.
Phylicia first husband, Victor Wills was the lead singer to the musical group The Village People.
Dentistry was common in the household. Phylicia dad and fist husband were both Dentists.
Phylicia married Victor Willis on April 28, 1978 and they divorced in 1980.
Phylicia was born Phylicia Ayers-Allen.
When the character of Denise left the Cosby Show to start her own spin off called Different World Phylicia crossed over many times on the new show continuing her role as Claire.
Phylicia appeared on the TV series Touched By An Angel several times.
Phylicia appeared many times on Intimate Portrait as a guest star.
Phylicia won the Tony for her role in A Raisin in the Sun.
Phylicia was the co executive producer on the TV series PBS Hollywood Presents in 2001.
Phylicia played Cassandra Hawkins on an episode of Murder She Wrote The Last Free Man in 2001.
Phylicia work is credited under several names. Phylicia Ayres Allen Phylicia Allen Phylicia Ayers-Allen.
During Season 3 of The Cosby Show, Phylicia was pregnant, and to cover it up, raised the counters in the kitchen of the house, always had her walking with something in front of her, and made a hole through the middle of her bed so that her stomach looked like it was level with everything else.
Phylicia was named #104 out of 137 on Entertainment Weekly's Must List (2004).
Phylicia went to Jack Yates Sr. High in Houston.