My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor. — 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
