What happens when I go to America is I sound really English. Most people would start sounding American, but I do the opposite. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
My body is one that kind of looks at weights, and then all of a sudden, I have muscle. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
The thing that disturbs me the most, being in England, is that on the screen we don’t see very many of us – there aren’t very many black girls. They don’t make the roles for us, or they don’t see us in those roles. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
When I was 15, I didn’t think I was the prettiest at all. But then something happened when I was 20-something – I thought, actually, I really like what I look like. Just because I don’t look like everybody else doesn’t mean that I can’t be just as beautiful. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
I don’t think it’s different to be a black girl in England than it is to be a black girl from America. We all collectively share in a pain of displacement and not feeling like we quite belong in places. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
I always say that I want to play Serena Williams if they ever did a biopic of hers. I definitely want to do that, and I want to do some films. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
If you believe in chakras – head and heart – I think singing opens them up, like a wide open door. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
What’s amazing with ‘The X Factor’ is that it gives people a chance who wouldn’t normally have one. I couldn’t go on it, because it would be, like, me being lazy, because I’ve definitely had my opportunities. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
I would love to appear in ‘Scandal,’ something like that, or ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ because I think they’re incredible. Cynthia Erivo Read Quote
