My father used to act in high school. He was in a production of 'Othello;' I don't know who he played, but… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I learned at Yale, one of the biggest lessons was to learn how special I am and therefore how totally unspecial I… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I was part of a growing community of women who were secretly dealing with harassment by Harvey Weinstein. But I also did… — 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
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
My mother talked about the stories I used to spin as a child of three, before I started school. I would tell… — 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
