I have always loved children. I've been fantasizing about motherhood since I was probably 2 ½. I loved to babysit my cousins,… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Growing up in Kenya, slum life was not far away. I had family that lived in slums, so I visited them often,… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying we don't have… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I've had somebody say, "I want you at my wedding, but I don't want you to pull focus, so wear jeans!" Losing… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I've always had that going on: "I can't," and then I do, so the voice says, "Well, that was an exception!" It's… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I used to enjoy doing silly walks on the street with my friends. Like, you know, you're walking, and then you break… — 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
