Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now I like putting a dress on.

I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who looked like me.

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.

Drama is my sweet spot, but the thing about being an actor is that you want to do a variety of things. I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.

I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

I've always had an involved imagination.

I have always loved children. I've been fantasizing about motherhood since I was probably 2 ½. I loved to babysit my cousins, and nieces, you know.

I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.

Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

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

I dress according to how I feel.

I think beauty is an expression of love.

I like people who don't tell you what you want to hear.

I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled.

My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico.