Q'orianka Kilcher

You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

The things I do, I do from the heart and out of love and respect for our planet and all living things.…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I prefer home-schooling because you can work at your own pace and go towards more what you're interested in, whether it be…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I hope to contribute to a global warming of hearts and a climate change in human consciousness.

— Q'orianka Kilcher

'Firelight' is a beautiful story about a lot of young women. My character, Caroline, is a girl who has a bad boyfriend,…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I grew up doing a lot of traveling. My mom left home when she was 15 and traveled to 48 different countries…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

In Peru, if you gave somebody a little chance to do something, they took it to the furthest extent. They took nothing…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really,…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I just want to learn even more about my culture and about the Algonquin culture because I fell in love with Pocahontas…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

Here in L.A., you kind of get stuck in your own little dilemmas and your own little life, and hearing a story…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I used to have all these plans and think 'Ah, I have my whole life figured out', but then I realized no…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

Yes, I’m proud to be indigenous. I’m half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I know that might sound silly coming from someone my age, but I remember on my 14th birthday having a crisis like…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

If Pocahontas had been given the foresight to see what devastating consequences her actions and belief in the possibility of peace would…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I honestly think I was an Indian living in the time of the Trail of Tears. Something like that. Every time I…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I really identified with Pocahontas' struggles as a young woman trying to identify herself in a modern, changing world and trying to…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

Instead of locking people up and throwing away the key, it's important to invest in them and show them another way -…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.

— Q'orianka Kilcher

I feel like, as a celebrity, I have a responsibility to tell important stories.

— Q'orianka Kilcher