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Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.
It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.
I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses.
As human beings, we aren't as individual as we'd like to believe we are. And I think that's what makes acting possible. Despite the fact... →
I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.
I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.
I was raised in Kenya, and I always wanted to be an actor from when I was really, really little, but the first time I thought it was something that I... →
I am thrilled beyond words that The Academy has recognized my performance in Steve McQueen's '12 Years a Slave,' and I am deeply proud to... →
I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.
In the madness, you have to find calm.
As actors, you become an expert at starting over.
As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally.
I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.
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