Formative Quotes 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.

— Lupita Nyong'o

As actors, you become an expert at starting over.

— 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…

— Lupita Nyong'o

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

— Lupita Nyong'o

You have to allow for the impossible to be possible.

— 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…

— 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,…

— Lupita Nyong'o

Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

— Lupita Nyong'o

We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.

— Lupita Nyong'o

What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.

— 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…

— Lupita Nyong'o

We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse.

— Lupita Nyong'o