--- title: "9 Kenya Quotes By Lupita Nyong'o" description: "9 Kenya quotes by Lupita Nyong'o. Plus more from Lupita Nyong'o and more Kenya sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/lupita-nyong-o-2599_actor_i-didn-t-know-any-successful-actors-in-k_1137146.jpg" --- > [I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-didn-t-know-any-successful-actors-in-kenya-so-i-felt-like-i-could/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/lupita-nyong-o-2599_actor_i-didn-t-know-any-successful-actors-in-k_1137146.jpg) > [My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/my-father-was-a-professor-of-political-science-and-also-a-young/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/lupita-nyong-o-2599_also_my-father-was-a-professor-of-political-s_292260.jpg) > [I had moved back to Kenya after undergrad, and I went through this crisis of, 'What is my life going to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-had-moved-back-to-kenya-after-undergrad-and-i-went-through-this/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc2/lupita-nyong-o-2599_about_i-had-moved-back-to-kenya-after-undergra_650876.jpg) > [My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/my-conscious-life-has-all-been-in-kenya-and-it-s-my-point-of/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/091/lupita-nyong-o-2599_back_my-conscious-life-has-all-been-in-kenya_2810739.jpg) > [I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-grew-up-in-nairobi-which-is-the-capital-of-kenya-so-it-s-hustle-and/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/lupita-nyong-o-2599_bustle_i-grew-up-in-nairobi-which-is-the-capita_482750.jpg) > [Growing up in Kenya, slum life was not far away. I had family that lived in slums, so I visited them often,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/growing-up-in-kenya-slum-life-was-not-far-away-i-had-family-that/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/lupita-nyong-o-2599_definitions_growing-up-in-kenya-slum-life-was-not-fa_1427852.jpg) > [My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/my-father-was-a-professor-of-political-science-and-also-a-young-2/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/lupita-nyong-o-2599_after_my-father-was-a-professor-of-political-s_3080776.jpg) > [I was raised in Kenya, and I always wanted to be an actor from when I was really, really little, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-was-raised-in-kenya-and-i-always-wanted-to-be-an-actor-from-when-i/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/lupita-nyong-o-2599_actor_i-was-raised-in-kenya-and-i-always-wante_2334617.jpg) > [When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor. I didn't know any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/when-i-was-younger-i-was-almost-too-afraid-to-admit-that-i-wanted-to/) [Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c8/lupita-nyong-o-2599_actor_when-i-was-younger-i-was-almost-too-afra_2280740.jpg) ## Other authors on Kenya - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-wangari-maathai-94513.jpg) Wangari Maathai 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kenya/wangari-maathai/) - [Victor Wanyama 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kenya/victor-wanyama/) - [Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kenya/yvonne-adhiambo-owuor/) - [Raila Odinga 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kenya/raila-odinga/) ## 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/kenya/lupita-nyong-o/#itemlist", "name": "9 Kenya Quotes By Lupita Nyong'o", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' 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