I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I love filmmaking, but I decided to go to drama school because I thought that when I'm 60 and looking back on… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
My father used to act in high school. He was in a production of 'Othello;' I don't know who he played, but… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
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… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
My mother talked about the stories I used to spin as a child of three, before I started school. I would tell… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why I went to the Yale School of Drama is because I felt that I was acting off… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I was born in Mexico because my father was teaching at a school in Mexico City. I was born during the third… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. They had these archaic rules:… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
As human beings, we aren't as individual as we'd like to believe we are. And I think that's what makes acting possible. Despite the… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
One of the reasons why I went to the Yale School of Drama is because I felt that I was acting off of instinct,… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
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… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light skin is… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
With success comes more responsibility, a larger size of existence, which is uncomfortable. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share
