Top 75 Keke Palmer Quotes

I’ve never really had a first date! Well, I had kind of a first date. I went out with this kid. We went ice skating, but it was not fun. It was so terrible that I told him my curfew was a lot earlier than it really was.

Giving back, doing motivational speeches and stuff like that, that’s always made me feel good. If you repeatedly go out there, and you are the change that you want to see, then that’s what you are.

Urban Outfitters – I love it. It’s almost like Forever 21, but for, like, the 24- to 25-year-old girl, getting a little bit older.

I love music and I love acting. I always keep that in the forefront, not all the other distractions around me.

I’m happy with who I am inside. I’d hate to have accolades and all that and not really be happy with who I was. So I’m really thankful for my family and for the support system that I have for being the person that I am today. I’m proud of who I am.

Queen Latifah has been a huge part of my career. She has been a huge, huge part of my career since the very beginning.

The music industry is something that I’m still trying to understand. With acting, I’ve been doing it for so long that I understand every aspect of it for the most part – there are obviously still more aspects that I need to learn – but I have a grasp on it. With music, I’m still learning. I’m still getting used to it.

Comedians like to see people smile. With acting, I love giving people a feeling, an emotion. I like to give people a feeling. When they come away from my scene, I want them to think.

I don’t feel the need to define nothin’ to nobody, because I’m always changing. Why say that I’m this or that when I might not be tomorrow? I’m gonna follow my own feelings and my own heart.

Someday I would really love to do a talk show. That’s something I’ve always been interested in. I like to talk, and I love to help people.

I don’t belong to anyone else but myself. I have to make my own decisions. Happiness is defined by me.

My real name is Lauren.

I love a lot of these older actresses, like Cicely Tyson, who played Kunta Kinte’s mother in ‘Roots.’ She was really great, and I like seeing her because every movie she plays, she plays a strong character. As a kid, she was really inspiring to me.

Working with Ice Cube was so tight. He’s cool, and I really like how he does family stuff. My guy friends couldn’t believe I was chillin’ with him. Dudes love Ice Cube.

You have to understand that when things go wrong in your life, it doesn’t mean you need to quit. It means you need to get stronger and change your plan.

Staying stagnant is not okay.

I think people should have fun. And don’t get so down on yourself. Enjoy life and be the best person you can be.

I’ve been able to stay good because of my family and keeping God first. If you don’t have God in your life, how are you going to navigate through this world?

I never try to be too sexy. People know when you’re not comfortable and trying to be sexy.

I don’t wish for anything. Wishing for a million dollars feels greedy. I just wish for the best for me.

I’m not a huge musical fan. It’s like when people just jump out singing; it’s not real.

There’ve been times where, like when I auditioned for ‘Akeelah,’ I think in the first audition I was a little bit afraid because it was, you know, I had seen girls in there that I had seen on TV before, and I was like, ‘Man, I might as well just walk out of here now because I’m just a newcomer,’ and this and that.

The type of movies that give me the heebie jeebies are thrillers, because anything that’s playing with your thoughts and mind, that’s scary. But one thing that they never do in horror movies that I always do is I pray. You never see them pray in horror movies.

I’m definitely a perfectionist. I started entertaining so young. I think, naturally, my personality is that of a perfectionist, and then on top of that, growing up in the industry, I became very objective and analytical of myself early on, and I find myself doing that in everything.

Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke.

I’m an actor. I have to play weird characters, quirky characters, strange characters, sometimes characters I don’t understand.

Anything that controls my state of mind I never really want to do because I always want to be under control. That might be part of me being a Virgo. I never want to do something that stops me from being in control of who I am and my actions.

I believe your reality is what you make it, what you choose to see, and what you choose to allow yourself to do. There are possibilities all around you – magic all around you – no matter what situation you’re in.

I have a few celebrity friends, but I’m really not into the whole Hollywood scene. I like to separate myself from my work. It stresses me out if I do too much of the same.

I definitely want to play someone who’s inspired me. I would love to play Aaliyah; it would be personal because I love her so much.

There’s not always going to be something out there for you, especially not a positive role, so once you get up there and start being well known, you can’t just think projects will come to you. You have to start doing your own projects because if you don’t, you’ll miss out, and eventually your fame will be over.

I have a particular pair of boyfriend jeans that I wear with Converse sneakers and, really, any kind of top, from a crop top to a hoodie. I usually go for a loose top or jacket to keep things casual with sort of a streetwear vibe.

I’m a little bit sillier than past Cinderellas… at least, I am so far. But it’s only the second day into rehearsal!

Whatever my situation is, I want to show that I’m not perfect, and perfect isn’t real. The youth need to know that, especially.

You’re going to have to speak up for yourself – and I learned that after always being, for lack of a better word, crapped on.

Growing up in the industry, sometimes you can feel as if you’re not having a normal childhood, but I feel like my parents involved me with a lot of people who made things as ‘okay’ as they possibly could.

I work out. I’m getting toned, too. The Wii Fit really works your body. When I get off, I’m dying.

I like the medium boys. Not real perfect, but not too bad, either.

Whether it be in acting, music, or even in dancing, I only want to do things that I truly connect to, and with my music, it’s everything that I am.

I’m very happy to be part of a generation where you don’t have to say that you’re gay. It’s just like, ‘I’m dating a dude,’ or, ‘I’m dating a girl,’ and I love it. I think it’s a great time.

I sometimes want to do totally different roles. I don’t always want to play ‘wholesome.’

Anytime you see Beyonce, Jay Z, Kanye West. Anytime a young black person’s doing good, that’s motivation for everybody else. Anytime, anytime, it’s motivation. Use that fuel to push you forward. That’s what I did.

I named my album ‘So Uncool’ because it defies the ordinary: you’re different from everyone else. It’s like, being uncool makes you cool because you’re different!

I can dance. I like hip hop and stuff and jazz movements, but I’m horrible in ballet. I tried.

Follow your heart’s truth with no need for personal gain other than the feeling produced when doing what you truly love.

I always try to set a positive example for my generation and promote confidence.

I love princesses. And I think Cinderella is very strong. She’s a young woman thinking outside of her environment, outside of her current situation, and she is choosing to believe that all is possible for her. And I think that is so admirable.

When I was, like, 5 years old, I used to pray to have light skin because I would always hear how pretty that little light skin girl was, or I would hear I was pretty to be dark skin. It wasn’t until I was 13 that I really learned to appreciate my skin color and know that I was beautiful.

I’m a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful.

I think I was always joyous, but I don’t think I became very aware of positivity and its power until I became older. I always did it naturally, but then I lost it, and it forced me to find it again and appreciate it more.

If you focus more on the inside, you’ll feel just as great about the outside. I feel attractive when I’m doing good and helping people.

I’ve been keeping journals since I was 13.

I love competing. I love a challenge. I love going in and showing people what I can do, proving to them that I can get this part, that I can give you what you want.

I grew up in Chicago, but when I was 12, I came to New York because I was doing an episode of ‘Law & Order.’

Just as many people that love me, hate me, too. I get really mean, mean, mean, mean comments on Twitter, and it just comes with the territory.

I would like to do a music person’s story, a bio. I’ve wanted to do Aaliyah forever. But I don’t want it to always be like, ‘I’m singing again in a movie.’

As you age, you start to realize that your emotions are in your hands and not someone else’s. Once you put them in someone else’s hands, that’s when you give them the power, and you can’t change it. Only they can change it.

It’s hard being a Broadway actor going into film where you have to tone everything down. In theater, everything you’re taught is to be big and broad and make everyone feel like they are right next to you, even in the last row of seats.

I’m a mash-up of everyone. My influences would be Michael Jackson, Brandy, Aaliyah – those types of people. So if you can imagine them – and with me taking them, and then putting my own twist and the influence on it – that’s musically what I would sound like.

I didn’t know I was gonna act. I thought I was gonna be a singer because that’s what I did first, and I was like, ‘When I grow up, I want to be, you know, a singer.’

Singing was my first passion. Whenever I sing, I’m always so happy.

You can often tell the difference between a singer that grows up in the church and one that just can sing. There’s a connection to love and support and care. You feel good when you hear it. You feel the people have so much conviction in what they’re singing. They believe it, so you believe it.

When I think about people like Queen Latifah, who literally found a script for me to star in, that’s what I want to be for somebody. When you look at someone like Queen Latifah, or you think about the Will Smiths, those people are multifaceted. They do so many different things, but most important, they give back.

I love singing and I love performing and just making things perfect.

I love my bubble skirt. I wear it with a belt and my shirt tucked in. Just like a t-shirt from Nordstrom’s or something. And I wear this navy blue blazer with the sleeves crushed up. And I just feel like I’m such a cool girl when I walk out. I feel like, ‘Yeah I’m cool, like a model.’

Even though I’m in the industry and I act and all this stuff, I still suffer from self-esteem issues… from the way that I look or the way that I talk… just nitpicking at myself.

I’m working on a movie called ‘Virgin Mary’ with Abigail Breslin. I’m also in ‘Ice Age 4: Continental Drift.’ And I have a television movie coming on Nickelodeon that I worked on with Nick Cannon. I acted in it, but I am more excited about being a producer!

You can do anything as long as you don’t stop believing. When it is meant to be, it will be. You just have to follow your heart.

You should never look at somebody and say, ‘I wish I had their life,’ because you never really know what struggles they’re going through.

I’m totally normal. I love watching movies and hanging out with my friends at my house. I still go to the mall; I love to text and go on my computer. I’m totally normal – sounds kind of boring, right?

My father’s a deacon, my mother’s a choir director, so I grew up in the church and singing in the choir, begging my mom if I could have a solo.

Some of my favorite style icons are Kate Moss and Rihanna, except I’m a little bit younger. I put a little bit more teenage into it.

I went to, you know, a church in Chicago, and my mom, of course, was in the choir because my mom was a singer; she used to sing. I wanted to be in the choir as well, and I was like, ‘Mom, please, you know, I want to sing in the choir with you guys.’ I kept on asking her, and finally I was, you know, in the choir.

People that want to be in the tabloids will get into the tabloids. I just stay home and don’t go out much. My personality is not an introvert, but that’s how I am as far as going out to parties. I just stay in my house and hang out with friends.

I want to present a very strong and bold image, but with femininity. I love being sweet and salty all together.