When you are in the public eye as a person of color, you are given very little room to mess up. — Yara Shahidi Color Copy Share Image
Week-by-week you grow with your character and it's an interesting challenge. — Yara Shahidi Challenges Copy Share Image
I've always struggled with Hollywood feeling trivial. Red carpets aren't worth it. — Yara Shahidi Always Copy Share Image
I know, ultimately, I want to help effect change; otherwise, I would look at myself in the mirror every day and think,… — Yara Shahidi Change Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of art and fashion, it's always been political. It's always been pushing boundaries. — Yara Shahidi Art Copy Share Image
Maintaining a sense of your personality grounds you in your space. I try and just make what I wear a reflection of… — Yara Shahidi Fashion Copy Share Image
What modeling taught me at a young age was how to say 'no,' which is something girls - we're not always good… — Yara Shahidi Age Copy Share Image
I've been shy twice. Once when I saw Matthew Bomer and once when I saw Adam Levine. I couldn't say anything, literally. — Yara Shahidi Adam Copy Share Image
One thing I've always been concerned about is the objectification of women in ads, and that's one thing where I was like,… — Yara Shahidi About Copy Share Image
When we moved to L.A., I started going out for more commercials, and then one day they emailed me a movie script.… — Yara Shahidi Commercials Copy Share Image
I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album 'Life Is Good,' and I love that album, but… — Yara Shahidi Album Copy Share Image
Intergenerational support is crucial. I feel like generations give up on each other. If you're Gen Z, you're like, "Gen X is… — Yara Shahidi Generation Copy Share Image
Part of why history is so important in my life is because it brings you an awareness that everything isn't new. It… — Yara Shahidi Awareness Copy Share Image
There are so many times in life when you have to suppress what you're feeling. A lot of kids have to deal… — Yara Shahidi Environment Copy Share Image
So much of my work is as Yara, not as a character. If you're attacking my work as a philanthropist or activist,… — Yara Shahidi Activist Copy Share Image
When you're aware, from a young age, of how something plays in public, it makes you a young entrepreneur, whether you like… — Yara Shahidi Age Copy Share Image
Personally, getting into college was a big deal because I realized it's probably one of the only things I've fully planned. The… — Yara Shahidi Accident Copy Share Image
Scenes change all the time. Scenes will change while you're shooting them, and you just have to roll with it 'cause that's… — Yara Shahidi Being Copy Share Image
There have been moments when I was on a modeling job, and it was the most fantastic thing in the world. And… — Yara Shahidi Moments Copy Share Image
I try to use social media as a tool for good. Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty… — Yara Shahidi Apology Copy Share Image
I've always loved watches. It's been the one thing that I've asked for, whether it was every Christmas or a birthday. — Yara Shahidi Always Copy Share Image
The more you learn about someone, how could you not want to protect them and their rights? The more you learn about… — Yara Shahidi Culture Copy Share Image
On a personal level, I think dressing is such a form of expression, and when you do events, it's important to feel… — Yara Shahidi Dressing Copy Share Image
Quite honestly, I'm the kind of person to get my feelings hurt over something somebody said on Twitter. — Yara Shahidi Feelings Copy Share Image
L.A. is great, but it's a completely different beast. I go back to Minnesota, and I borrow a bike from my neighbor… — Yara Shahidi Around Copy Share Image
I'm double majoring in social studies - which is sociology, anthropology, economics, and philosophy - and African-American studies. — Yara Shahidi Economics Copy Share Image
I go on and off home-school and regular school, but the kids don't treat me any differently because they've all known me… — Yara Shahidi Any Copy Share Image
I feel comfortable putting my political stances out there without feeling as though I am filling some sort of quota. I don't… — Yara Shahidi Comfortable Copy Share Image
I'm lucky; my parents have never said to me, "You're a kid, so you just don't know." They say, "How can we… — Yara Shahidi Kids Copy Share Image
I was in Minnesota, where I was born, and I did print ads and commercials. And that was always cool 'cause when… — Yara Shahidi Ads Copy Share Image
I try to preface everything with "this isn't new." Because most social movements have happened before and I get that. Nothing I'm… — Yara Shahidi Social movements Copy Share Image
I like to think I know a lot, but I don't. I'm motivated to learn more. — Yara Shahidi Education Copy Share Image
Personally, I love denim... denim pants, a shirt, denim jacket - I'm good. — Yara Shahidi Denim Copy Share Image
I like to be in control of my body. Also, I love getting into character and exploring a different aspect of who… — Yara Shahidi Body love Copy Share Image
I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing. — Yara Shahidi Acting Copy Share Image
When you're biracial, you can feel like you're fully neither, not fully both. But I won't strip away my heritage for anyone's… — Yara Shahidi Away Copy Share Image
I remember my first actual intense breakout was when I was 13, and I no clue what to do because I hadn't… — Yara Shahidi Anything Copy Share Image
Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the mean comments. — Yara Shahidi I can Copy Share Image
