"I don't condemn anyone for making their choices. If someone chooses those roles, fine. But not for me. When someone stops me and says, You're the reason I became an actress, that lets me know I made the right decision"

This quote by Cicely Tyson talks to her personal choice to not take certain roles in her acting profession. She is not condemning anybody who picks to take those roles, however she is making it clear that it is not the path she has actually chosen for herself. She is proud of her choice and is motivated when someone tells her that she was the reason they ended up being an actress. This shows that her decision to not take certain roles has had a favorable impact on others and has actually made her seem like she made the best choice. It is a suggestion that we all have the power to make our own options and that those choices can have a positive influence on others.