Danai Gurira Quotes

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• There’s a saying in Africa, if you give a woman empowerment, you empower a community, you empower men, you empower man. When women become empowered…
• The best characters are always wretchedly flawed
• People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so
• I write about African women, that's really my topic. I have no shame or qualm in it because it's a very underrepresented topic, which is…
• A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.
• Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
• I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.
• I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
• I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
• I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.
• I've always been attracted to action stuff.
• I've always been extremely physically active.
• My artistic spirit is not nurtured by blogospheres.
• You Americans, you have no idea how much your stuff infiltrates the rest of the world!
• You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to…
• Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.
• I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with…
• I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a…

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