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In my mind, I don't really see myself as being famous. I just think my work is being exposed to a bigger audience.
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Everybody has their thing that they're truthful about. My thing is just a love of God... so that's what I'm going to do.
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I'm really proud of the Time's Up movement, and I hope it continues and it grows stronger and that it can really be established.
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I just want to do something meaningful in the world. I want to contribute positively. That means the roles I get to play as well.
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We're all people, no matter what colour.
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Wherever the good stories are, I'm trying to place myself there.
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I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'
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If I can be of inspiration to anyone to go after their goals and their dreams, then I feel like I'll be satisfied with that.
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Tottenham was a dope place to grow up because it's so community-based. It's a melting pot of cultures. I'll always be a north London girl.
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I didn't see a lot of role models or women who looked like me on screen when I was growing up. For me, one thing that changed all of that was seeing Keke Palmer in 'Akeelah and The Bee.' That film made me realize that I wasn't an alien.
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As soon as I was obedient to just taking a chance on God, all of these things that you're seeing - 'Black Panther' or 'Humans' or 'The Commuter' or Steven Spielberg - it came right after I took that break.
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With 'Black Panther,' it was like stepping up to the plate, working crazy hours, and still bringing your best to the table every time.
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I have to also get into producing if I want to see these stories being made... Let's venture out and do projects with people of different ethnicities: not just black but also Asian actors and Asian superhero films. Just an equality across the board.
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Where I go, where He takes me, that's where I need to spread the love of God. Because people's souls are dying. My soul was dying. And He saved me.
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We need to include more writers from different backgrounds and ethnicities. We need to see different experiences instead of the same people writing the same kinds of stories.
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So many young black women love science, technology, engineering, and maths. But that's not the widely held image of the kind of person who likes those things.
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I grew up seeing so many stereotypes on TV, and I didn't want to play that as well.
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I'm just a young girl trying to fulfill the purpose that's been placed in my heart to do.
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I realised that acting is not my god.
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I want people, no matter who they are to be inspired by 'Black Panther.'
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I think the more open-minded people we have - like casting directors and producers - the better things are going to be.
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I don't really consider myself religious. I view it more as a relationship. And if anyone thinks that's weird, then okay.
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I love Drake; he's amazing.
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Makeup is cool. I mean, you can turn up and feel really good and treat yourself, but it shouldn't be something you hang on to to validate your beauty or something you have to do to make you feel beautiful.