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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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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 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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I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 grew up seeing so many stereotypes on TV, and I didn't want to play that as well.
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I want people, no matter who they are to be inspired by 'Black Panther.'
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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 love Drake; he's amazing.
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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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The 'Black Panther' world taught me about the importance of exfoliating.
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I realised that acting is not my god.