Lupita Nyong'o Quotes
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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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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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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 don't ever want to be president - let's just get that out of the way.
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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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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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Being considered a fashion star is wonderful. It's definitely a bonus thing.
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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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Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life.
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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 thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure.
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Every single laundromat, grocery store, everything is called 'Lupita' in Mexico.
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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'm interested in generating work for myself. I have trouble with this waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring lifestyle, especially after drama school, which was so creatively fulfilling.
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I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.
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As actors, you become an expert at starting over.
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What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.
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I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.
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All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave their all.
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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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Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.
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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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In the madness, you have to find calm.
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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.