I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish,… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I had moved back to Kenya after undergrad, and I went through this crisis of, 'What is my life going to be… — 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
Growing up, I had really bad skin. I had a skin disorder. Yes, I did. And my mother went to great lengths… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there.… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 me how… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
With success comes more responsibility, a larger size of existence, which is uncomfortable. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
