I got teased and taunted about my night-shaded skin, and my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned. The morning would come, and I would be so excited about seeing my new skin that I would refuse to look down at myself until I was in front of a mirror because I wanted to see my fair face first. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
I have dabbled in martial arts all my life, since I was 7, maybe – tae kwon do, capoeira, Muay Thai. It’s always been an interest because in martial arts there is a mind/body relationship. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
That’s such a powerless place for me to think about: what is working against me. I don’t think of what I don’t have; I think of what I do and use that to get the next thing. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
There have been rumors and rumors and rumors about my love life. That’s the one area that I really like to hold close to my heart. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
I was part of a growing community of women who were secretly dealing with harassment by Harvey Weinstein. But I also did not know that there was a world in which anybody would care about my experience with him. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
Our business is complicated because intimacy is part and parcel of our profession; as actors, we are paid to do very intimate things in public. That’s why someone can have the audacity to invite you to their home or hotel, and you show up. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
I hope we can form a community where a woman can speak up about abuse and not suffer another abuse by not being believed and instead being ridiculed. Lupita Nyong'o Read Quote
