• As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I'm never going to get better as an actress.

    Jurnee Smollett: As an artist, you want to stretch. That's the only way you're going to grow. If I stay inside my comfort zone, do roles that I've done before, then I'm never going to get better as an actress.
    "The 'Temptation' of Jurnee Smollett-Bell". Interview with Kelley L. Carter, www.ebony.com. March 28, 2013.