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Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough."

What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "You can't eat beauty, it doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed the heart and merchants the soul."

You can't eat beauty, it doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed the heart and merchants the soul.




Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things."

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be."

I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.




Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you."

What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "There is no shame in black beauty."

There is no shame in black beauty.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "You have to allow for the impossible to be possible."

You have to allow for the impossible to be possible.




Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "To be human is to seek perfection, and find joy in never attaining it."

To be human is to seek perfection, and find joy in never attaining it.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it."

I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest."

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I've worked hard to feel beautiful in my natural skin. Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful."

I've worked hard to feel beautiful in my natural skin. Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Every time I overcome an obstacle, it feels like success. Sometimes the biggest ones are in our head - the saboteurs that tell us we can't."

Every time I overcome an obstacle, it feels like success. Sometimes the biggest ones are in our head - the saboteurs that tell us we can't.




Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse."

We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "That you will feel the validation of your external beauty but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside. There is no shade in that beauty."

That you will feel the validation of your external beauty but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside. There is no shade in that beauty.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets."

To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence."

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



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned."

And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "As actors, you become an expert at starting over."

As actors, you become an expert at starting over.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "You can’t eat beauty. It doesn’t feed you."

You can’t eat beauty. It doesn’t feed you.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "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 grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's."

It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light skin is the key to success and love. Africa is no exception."

European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light skin is the key to success and love. Africa is no exception.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience."

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me."

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



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Human beings have an instinct for freedom."

Human beings have an instinct for freedom.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "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."

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.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of me."

Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of me.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point."

[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "It's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience."

It's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people."

Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh."

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "With success comes more responsibility, a larger size of existence, which is uncomfortable."

With success comes more responsibility, a larger size of existence, which is uncomfortable.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor"

I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally."

As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I love color. I'm enjoying trying all different shades. Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life."

I love color. I'm enjoying trying all different shades. Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Happiness is the most important thing."

Happiness is the most important thing.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "In the madness, you have to find calm."

In the madness, you have to find calm.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do."

Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that."

I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I like to wear things, I don't like things to wear me."

I like to wear things, I don't like things to wear me.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Your value is in yourself; the other stuff will come and go."

Your value is in yourself; the other stuff will come and go.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination."

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings."

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "The first time I cut all my hair off was when I was 19. I just got fed up going to the salon every week. I'd had enough! On a whim, it was off. It's low-maintenance."

The first time I cut all my hair off was when I was 19. I just got fed up going to the salon every week. I'd had enough! On a whim, it was off. It's low-maintenance.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile."

I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won."

I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor."

My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "I'm interested in generating work for myself. I have trouble with this waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring lifestyle, especially after drama school, which was so creatively fulfilling."

I'm interested in generating work for myself. I have trouble with this waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring lifestyle, especially after drama school, which was so creatively fulfilling.



Lupita Nyong'o Quotes: "Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius."

Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius.