Lupita nyong'o

Whoopi Goldberg looked like me, she had hair like mine, she was dark like me. I'd been starved for images of myself. I'd grown up watching a lot of American TV. There was very little Kenyan material,...

I was raised in Kenya, and I always wanted to be an actor from when I was really, really little, but the first time I thought it was something that I could make a career of was when I watched 'The...

We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.

It's so funny, you go to acting school thinking you're going to learn how to be other people, but really it taught me how to be myself. Because it's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend...

I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.

I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.

In the madness, you have to find calm.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.

I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses.