--- title: "5 Carpet Quotes By Lupita Nyong'o" description: "5 Carpet quotes by Lupita Nyong'o. Plus more from Lupita Nyong'o and more Carpet sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/lupita-nyong-o-2599_carpet_to-this-day-i-love-eating-steak-tacos-be_260348.jpg" --- > [To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/to-this-day-i-love-eating-steak-tacos-before-going-to-the-red-carpets/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/lupita-nyong-o-2599_carpet_to-this-day-i-love-eating-steak-tacos-be_260348.jpg) > [Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/slavery-is-something-that-is-all-too-often-swept-under-the-carpet-the/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/lupita-nyong-o-2599_african_slavery-is-something-that-is-all-too-oft_639885.jpg) > [I never understood who all those people are behind the actors! When you see them on the red carpet on TV, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-never-understood-who-all-those-people-are-behind-the-actors-when/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/lupita-nyong-o-2599_actor_i-never-understood-who-all-those-people_2017222.jpg) > [Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/everyone-said-brace-yourself-lupita-keep-a-granola-bar-in-that-clutch/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/lupita-nyong-o-2599_awards_everyone-said-brace-yourself-lupita-keep_2774232.jpg) > [Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/slavery-is-something-that-is-all-too-often-swept-under-the-carpet/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4f/lupita-nyong-o-2599_carpet_slavery-is-something-that-is-all-too-oft_2774679.jpg) ## Other authors on Carpet ## More by Lupita Nyong'o > [I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-loved-duping-my-parents-i-liked-manipulating-them-it-was-a-way-for/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [As actors, you become an expert at starting over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/as-actors-you-become-an-expert-at-starting-over/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/as-human-beings-we-aren-t-as-individual-as-we-d-like-to-believe-we/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-m-pretty-awesome-at-making-salad-dressings/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [You have to allow for the impossible to be possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/you-have-to-allow-for-the-impossible-to-be-possible/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-come-from-a-loving-supportive-family-and-my-mother-taught-me-that/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [One of the reasons why I went to the Yale School of Drama is because I felt that I was acting off of instinct,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/one-of-the-reasons-why-i-went-to-the-yale-school-of-drama-is-because/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/makeup-isn-t-something-i-ve-worn-a-lot-of-in-my-life/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/we-as-human-beings-have-the-capacity-for-extreme-cruelty/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/what-i-ve-learned-from-myself-is-that-i-don-t-have-to-be-anybody-else/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/it-s-so-funny-you-go-to-acting-school-thinking-you-re-going-to-learn/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/we-don-t-get-to-pick-the-genes-we-want-there-s-room-in-this-world-for/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light skin is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/european-standards-of-beauty-are-something-that-plague-the-entire/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [I haven't always been gluten-free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-haven-t-always-been-gluten-free/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) > [With success comes more responsibility, a larger size of existence, which is uncomfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/with-success-comes-more-responsibility-a-larger-size-of-existence/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carpet/lupita-nyong-o/#itemlist", "name": "5 Carpet Quotes By Lupita Nyong'o", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lupita Nyong'o" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/to-this-day-i-love-eating-steak-tacos-before-going-to-the-red-carpets/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/lupita-nyong-o-2599_carpet_to-this-day-i-love-eating-steak-tacos-be_260348.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/lupita-nyong-o-2599_carpet_to-this-day-i-love-eating-steak-tacos-be_260348.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6e/lupita-nyong-o-2599_carpet_to-this-day-i-love-eating-steak-tacos-be_260348.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.” — Lupita Nyong'o", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. 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