I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than… — 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… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I feel a responsibility to myself and my parents and the people whose love has gotten me this far - people who… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence, — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
You win an Oscar, and immediately people ask how you feel. So you don't have time to actually feel anything because you… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I grew up in a world where the majority of people were black, so that wasn't the defining quality of anyone. When… — 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 thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
It's so much more fun to do the work than to talk about it. I will have to admit that. Everybody gets… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I'm still trying to get over the fact that my name is being mentioned with people like Brad Pitt. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I never understood who all those people are behind the actors! When you see them on the red carpet on TV, you… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I was raised in Kenya, and I always wanted to be an actor from when I was really, really little, but the… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Before the advent of the white man, black people were doing all kinds of things with their hair. The rejection of kinks… — 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
