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title: "2 Recognized Quotes By Lupita Nyong'o"
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> [The set of '12 Years a Slave' was an extremely joyous one! We all recognized that we were making a powerful, necessary and beautiful film, and we weren't about doing it without that sense of responsibility, and we recognized that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/the-set-of-12-years-a-slave-was-an-extremely-joyous-one-we-all/)

[Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/lupita-nyong-o-2599_about_the-set-of-12-years-a-slave-was-an-extre_270948.jpg)

> [I am thrilled beyond words that The Academy has recognized my performance in Steve McQueen's '12 Years a Slave,' and I am deeply proud to be in the company of my fellow nominees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lupita-nyong-o/i-am-thrilled-beyond-words-that-the-academy-has-recognized-my/)

[Lupita Nyong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lupita-nyong-o/)

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## 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/)

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