Lupita Nyong'o Quotes
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My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico. Then I moved back to Kenya shortly after I turned one, and I grew up in Kenya.
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As actors, you become an expert at starting over.
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I loved make-believe. I was the child in the cupboard playing with my Barbies.
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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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The beauty standards had nothing to do with me in Mexico. It was such a bizarre, dire time for my hair. I was living in a small town where there was not any semblance of an African community. I'd have to take the bus to Mexico City to find a woman who could braid my hair. That was two and a half hours away.
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The Hollywood Film Awards were really stressful. It was the biggest press line I'd ever seen.
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I didn't love my hair when I was a child. It was lighter than my skin, which made me not love it so much. I was really kind of envious of girls with thicker, longer, more lush hair.
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Our business is complicated because intimacy is part and parcel of our profession; as actors, we are paid to do very intimate things in public. That's why someone can have the audacity to invite you to their home or hotel, and you show up.
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I was born in Mexico because my father was teaching at a school in Mexico City. I was born during the third year he was there. And when I was 16, I returned to Mexico to learn Spanish.
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I was part of a growing community of women who were secretly dealing with harassment by Harvey Weinstein. But I also did not know that there was a world in which anybody would care about my experience with him.
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In the madness, you have to find calm.
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My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico.
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I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.
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Being considered a fashion star is wonderful. It's definitely a bonus thing.
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My mother talked about the stories I used to spin as a child of three, before I started school. I would tell this story about what school I went to and what uniform I wore and who I talked to at lunchtime and what I ate, and my mother was like, 'This girl does not even go to school.'
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Human beings have an instinct for freedom.
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I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' That's what I did.
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The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.
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I'm Mexican and Kenyan at the same time. I've seen the quarrels over my nationality, but I'm Kenyan and Mexican at the same time. So again, I am Mexican-Kenyan, and I am fascinated by carne asada tacos.
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Every single laundromat, grocery store, everything is called 'Lupita' in Mexico.
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Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.
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I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.
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I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.