Lupita Nyong'o Quotes
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Dreams are the foundation of Hollywood. And dreams are the foundation of America.
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My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative.
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Home is where my family is.
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Ralph Fiennes was a pivotal influence on me. He asked me, 'So what is it you want to do?' I very shyly, timidly admitted that I wanted to be an actor. He sighed, and he said, 'Lupita, only be an actor if you feel there is nothing else in the world you want to do - only do it if you feel you cannot live without acting.'
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To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.
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I give myself homework when I have an audition. I give myself goals, and that's how I check how I'm doing. It can be something simple like 'listen,' or 'find your feet.' And then afterward it's an assessment, so in a way it's not about booking the job or not. It's about what I learned as an actor about that character.
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I don't ever want to be president - let's just get that out of the way.
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I come from a very close class. I lucked out because drama schools are often very competitive... I have fourteen classmates.
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It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.
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I love filmmaking, but I decided to go to drama school because I thought that when I'm 60 and looking back on my life, if acting hadn't been a part of it, I would hate myself.
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It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught me how to be myself. Because it's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.
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I learned at Yale, one of the biggest lessons was to learn how special I am and therefore how totally unspecial I am. I was special among everyone else who was special. The fact that we're all so individual and that's what makes us special.
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Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.
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I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who looked like me.
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I am very emotional about politics in a way that makes it hard for me to articulate things in a rational fashion.
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Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life.
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I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.
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What fame does is there is an illusion of familiarity that is cast into the world. So it's about negotiating with that illusion because, oftentimes, you encounter people who have encountered you, but you haven't encountered them. It's a little weird to find your footing.
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I hope we can form a community where a woman can speak up about abuse and not suffer another abuse by not being believed and instead being ridiculed.
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What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.
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I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held a Mexican passport.
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Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.
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I'm a crybaby.
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Being considered a fashion star is wonderful. It's definitely a bonus thing.