Lupita nyong'o

Lupita nyong'o (born 1 March 1983) is an actress who has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award.

Lupita Nyong'o

Quotes

• "I definitely surprise myself with how much of a warrior spirit I have sometimes, because I think that politically, socially, and culturally there are wars to be fought."
• “I like to play women who are in contrast to me. I think that’s how I look at it: What aspect of this character offers me a chance to explore something new about my humanity?”
  • https://the-talks.com/interview/lupita-nyongo/.

• “I was very indecisive about what I wanted to do. I knew that if I was in a more structured environment, I would end up not taking the risks I was raised to take.”
• “All my conscious life, my father has fought for what he believed in, even when it was highly inconvenient.”
  • https://sheleadsafrica.org/6-career-lessons-from-global-super-star-lupita-nyongo/

• “To me it felt like a question about our value system in this culture, the ways we define success for ourselves as well as others,”
• "...I turned down a few projects to pursue this one. I knew there was a sense of what was expected of me, but this play felt so important to me that I had to do it, expectations be damned.”
• “As an African woman, I am wary of the trap of telling a single story… the chance to appear in Eclipsed after winning an Oscar was an opportunity to share in the incredible (and too rare) freedom of playing a fully rendered African woman.”
• “It was so nice to have someone embrace that and encourage it, because I never knew that I would start my career and that would be called for. So, it was just really lovely to bring my full self to this without any sort of pretense,”
  • https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/lupita-nyongo-career-a-quiet-place-day-one

External links

• en.wikiquote.org

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