Empire Star, Taraji P. Henson Talks Career, Life & More On The Cover Of Allure

Wife of music legend, Lucious Lyon in the award-winning TV series "Empire", Taraji P. Henson, channels her inner Diana Ross with a huge head of curly hair as the cover star of the latest issue of Allure Magazine.

The 44-year old actress shares quite a lot with the magazine – from her personal life to her professional one. Read excerpts from her interview below:

On dating in the public eye:
I always wanted to be known for my work. Not who I dated. Not who I slept with. … I have a gift, and my gift is acting. I started in the business at 26 with a kid, so I was smart enough to know reality from fantasy. I didn’t want to blur the lines. This is a job that I have to do. I cannot get caught up in it. And if I sleep with these guys, why would they want to work with me again?

On Terrence Howard’s ongoing legal battles with his ex-wife:
Let’s pop the trunk to your life and see what’s dysfunctional and what’s bad… At the end of the day, we’re all human and we got flaws and we got s***. I just know him. We trust each other.

On getting to where she is:
I’ve had so many false starts. ‘If it’s easy, what story are you going to tell? Nobody wants to hear about how easy it was. That doesn’t inspire anyone.

You can read up her full feature here.