The biggest thing people tell me is that I'll be jaded real soon and that the allure of filmmaking will lose its magic. Not necessarily the fame, but that special thing you create onscreen.

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic.

Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.

I was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and I moved to Anderson, Indiana, in 2003 to go to school. I finished high school in America, then I went to college.

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

The best way in the world for breaking up a writer's block is to write a lot.

I get why certain actors want to stay in the closet.

Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.

Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.

There really is no time for wallowing in the miseries of life: we don’t have all the time in the world, we have all the world, and not enough time.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.

The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they're valued.

What is a champion but a guy that didn't quit?... Life is a continuous experience. You only fail by not learning.

I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more.

Tikka Khan won't try to stick his nose in politics.