Danai Gurira

I grew up in Harare, Zimbabwe. And I had a pretty idyllic childhood. I felt that I was kind of this outspoken…

— Danai Gurira

I call myself Zimerican. I was born in the Midwest to Zimbabwean parents. My father was a professor at Grinnell College in…

— Danai Gurira

People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so

— Danai Gurira

You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen.…

— Danai Gurira

If a story is telling a truth, then why shouldn't it affect everybody?

— Danai Gurira

My assumption is I'm not going to be recognized. But when I am, I'm like, "Dang, you know who I am?" I…

— Danai Gurira

I just feel like it's fascinating to me just watching my own family, seeing my cousins have children here, seeing the generations…

— Danai Gurira

I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.

— Danai Gurira

I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate…

— Danai Gurira

It's something I've constantly found shocking - all this astounding talent amongst black women that never gets to be seen or heard.

— Danai Gurira

You have to remember that you are part of a craft, and you are constantly building your craft. Ultimately, we are artists,…

— Danai Gurira

If my work is on the stage, you can be rested assured I'm going to make use of it as a platform…

— Danai Gurira

Why can't black women on stage tell stories that can affect white men in the audience?

— Danai Gurira

Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly…

— Danai Gurira

I'm not only a person of color, I'm also a woman. And I'm not only a woman, I'm also a woman from…

— Danai Gurira

We moved to Zimbabwe when I was five, some years after Zimbabwe had gained independence.

— Danai Gurira

I went to Macalester in Minnesota to study social psychology, the study of why people do what they do. I was really…

— Danai Gurira

I was in a very multi-racial, multi-cultural schooling system. I had a really delightful childhood. I was a jock. I became a…

— Danai Gurira

I want to see women of African descent shine.

— Danai Gurira

I work with writers whom I believe to be true storytellers. And because I'm a writer, I pay very keen attention to…

— Danai Gurira

You Americans, you have no idea how much your stuff infiltrates the rest of the world!

— Danai Gurira

All the struggles that were fought for here in the United States for African Americans, you now enjoy the privileges of. You…

— Danai Gurira

I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat…

— Danai Gurira

The best characters are always wretchedly flawed

— Danai Gurira

I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

— Danai Gurira