Kat Graham Quotes
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I run away from super-bandage-style Herve Leger dresses. I think it's sexier for a woman to be in something sheer and loose.
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Will Smith is one of my favorite actors, and he's also a triple threat. He successfully crossed over from music into acting. Also, I liked 'I Am Legend' because it was so unexpected. The movie wasn't what I thought it'd turn out to be.
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Sometimes fashion designers will be like, 'This is what's hot right now, and you will be cool if you wear this,' but sometimes it's too expensive or doesn't look good on me or isn't who I am, and I don't need to just think that what you're saying is what's cool if I have my own identity.
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The hardest thing as somebody who does both is - and I'm very serious as an actor, and I consider myself very serious as a musician, engineer, music artist - is learning that it's OK to be versatile.
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I started off as a recording engineer and a beatmaker. I was this skater kid that would skateboard to auditions, and then I would use the money I'd make and buy a bunch of equipment and make a bunch of beats. I still am that kid, just with a little more money.
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When people start to think they're figuring out 'The Vampire Diaries,' it switches on you.
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My style is not trendy by any means; my inner artists loves to shine through in my wardrobe.
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I think Sephora is great; it's so accessible, and there are so many different palettes that you can get.
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I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.
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'Roxbury Drive' was the street I grew up on as a little kid, and it was the street that I first listened to records on, and where I actually really first fell in love with music.
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If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.
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I'm happy when I have, like, one fan, but the fact that I'm getting fans from different places and different communities, it's really amazing.
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It's important to keep your power and not give it up.
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There's not enough black films out there. There's not enough Latin films, or films that have an Asian, Indian or Middle Eastern lead. The list goes on and on.
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It's important for me to just be myself - in fashion. A lot of people overlook that side of me because they're scared of it, but that's just who I am.
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MAC Cosmetics is incredible for lips; I always wear it.
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I just want to make sure that I'm taking roles that are positive, real, honest reflections of African-Americans because I do think the media can put African-American women in the background. Then, unfortunately, what happens is, subconsciously, our culture begins to assess that as reality.
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Tupac has always been somebody who represented a higher consciousness of what it means on both sides of the coin to be black in America. He and Prince were leaders who moved to the beat of their own drum, and I can only hope to follow in their footsteps.
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I never want to be a spectacle, but I also feel like a look should always have a little bit of an edge.
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I think it's important to have your own individual style and sense of self. It's kind of what I do.
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'Blade' was amazing; I can't imagine the character without Wesley Snipes. He just made a long, black leather trench coat look so cool.
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I have to hear more live instrumentation, more band and more funk, and I don't hear enough of it, so I created it myself.
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I like darker, mysterious scents and things that reflect my personality.
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If a boy messes up, you walk away. If a boy isn't treating you right, you walk away. It sounds simpler than it is, but you can't allow yourself to be disrespected. You have to be a strong girl.