It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I'm Mexican and Kenyan at the same time. I've seen the quarrels over my nationality, but I'm Kenyan and Mexican at the… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
The first time I cut all my hair off was when I was 19. I just got fed up going to the… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Every time I overcome an obstacle, it feels like success. Sometimes the biggest ones are in our head - the saboteurs that… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish,… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I don't need to be so full of myself that I feel I am without flaw. I can feel beautiful and imperfect… — 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
As human beings, it is our nature to dream about the future, but there is no future without a healthy nature. It's… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
The beauty standards had nothing to do with me in Mexico. It was such a bizarre, dire time for my hair. I… — 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 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
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
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
