The set of '12 Years a Slave' was an extremely joyous one! We all recognized that we were making a powerful, necessary… — 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, I had really bad skin. I had a skin disorder. Yes, I did. And my mother went to great lengths… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
Whoopi Goldberg looked like me, she had hair like mine, she was dark like me. I'd been starved for images of myself.… — 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
I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled. — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got… — 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
