Tessa Thompson

I was gregarious as a kid, but I think the idea of actually getting to know people, I'm just shy. It sort…

— Tessa Thompson

Media truly has the power to create and shift culture.

— Tessa Thompson

I'm someone that likes to not think too binary about human qualities.

— Tessa Thompson

Even while I'm really interested in playing female characters that are varied and interesting and dynamic, I'm not of the mind that…

— Tessa Thompson

'Veronica Mars' was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to…

— Tessa Thompson

I'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space.

— Tessa Thompson

I guess I'm sort of just a glutton for having moments when I can just do whatever I want to, which sounds…

— Tessa Thompson

I'm sort of obsessed with Harlem. Just its history. My father did the music for a play called 'The Huey P. Newton…

— Tessa Thompson

I grew up listening to a lot of Massive Attack and Portishead.

— Tessa Thompson

I think when any one kind of film does well, it creates a precedent and paves the way for more like it.

— Tessa Thompson

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

— Tessa Thompson

What was so exciting for me about Wakanda and seeing 'Black Panther' was how incredible the women were in it.

— Tessa Thompson

It's so rare to have an ensemble cast of women.

— Tessa Thompson

Cultural change always precedes political change.

— Tessa Thompson

I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies.

— Tessa Thompson

There are some people who don't want to deal with the fact that we are not forever. Some people decide to live…

— Tessa Thompson

I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch.

— Tessa Thompson

There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I…

— Tessa Thompson

The Time's Up campaign is for everyone, in all capacities, contributions big and small.

— Tessa Thompson

I eat almonds professionally, and I can't get enough of Yerbe Mate Cranberry Synergy Kombucha!

— Tessa Thompson

I spent two weeks in Paris by myself. That was my first time in Europe.

— Tessa Thompson

The beauty of working on a show like 'Westworld' is we're painting a not-too-distant future and talking about an aspirational sense of…

— Tessa Thompson

The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.

— Tessa Thompson

I grew up partially in L.A. and partially in New York. In L.A., anything goes because it's really temperate. There aren't any…

— Tessa Thompson

'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our…

— Tessa Thompson