Danai Gurira Quotes

United States, Actress
February 14, 1978

Danai Jekesai Gurira is a Zimbabwean-American actress and playwright, best known for her role as Michonne on The Walking Dead, an AMC television horror drama series, as the writer of the Tony Award-winning play Eclipsed, and as Okoye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, beginning with Black Panther.

Also known as Playwright, Television Actor, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Writer

I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!

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- Quality
- Care
- Loved
I've always been extremely physically active.

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- Always
- Been
- Active

I've always been attracted to action stuff.

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- Action
- Always
- Attracted
A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.

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- Situation
- Most
- Zombie
I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.

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- People
- Writing
- Women
I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.

Danai Gurira
- Hate
- Movies
- Scared
I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

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- People
- Create
- Based
Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

Danai Gurira
- Book
- Day
- Back

Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.

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- Together
- Smart
- Witty
My artistic spirit is not nurtured by blogospheres.

Danai Gurira
- Spirit
- Artistic
- Nurtured
You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.

Danai Gurira
- Women
- Want
- Space
You Americans, you have no idea how much your stuff infiltrates the rest of the world!

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- World
- Rest
- Idea
I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.

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I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.

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