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" I didn't really grow up on hip-hop. Ella Fitzgerald and the old school jazz divas are more my comfort zone. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

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" You've got to find a way to relate to people. I just did an improvised episode for Joe Swanberg's new Netflix show, 'Easy,' and it was a huge learning curve for me and taught me so much about fear and courage. But when you're present in the moment, the audience, it's incomparable. "

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" I feel like I learn in every project. "

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" I'm interested in playing lots of different complex women. "

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" I love to go hiking. There's a lot of concrete in L.A., and I come from the Shires, so it's important for me to get back in touch with nature. "

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" My personal style is somewhat androgynous and simple. With my lifestyle, I've become more of a minimalist. "

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" I definitely grew up to Nina Simone and a lot of Ella Fitzgerald. And I loved Amy Winehouse. I loved that sort of soulful singer. "

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" Watching and learning from the great Josette Bushell-Mingo, who was playing Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at the time, and then to return to the same stage six months later playing a lead role, was incredible - I fell in love with the poetry and the breadth of the language so much that I didn't want it to end. "

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" I am an only child, so I relate to the intensity of that single-parent, mother-daughter relationship. "

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" In my own life, when I'm not working, I do wear a lot of black. I think I do feel very comfortable in black. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" I'm a very improvisational cook. I sort of like to make things up as I go along. I'm quite creative in the kitchen. "

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" I feel like my work has been incredibly diverse. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" When I'm not working, I'm really, really low key. I don't wear makeup unless I have to; I don't get my hair done unless I really need to. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" I was born in the '80s, so I don't really remember it very strongly, but the music is so iconic. And so those artists - Madonna, Prince, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston - you still hear those songs all the time. And there's such a distinctive style - the clothes, the shoulder pads, the big hair, the perm. "

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" In 2009, I was living in London and getting work I enjoyed. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. "

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" I think being biracial is a different experience. I think that, and coming from the U.K., I feel as much white as I do black. And so it's really important for me to address these issues of identity in my work. But also, you know, we're always stronger when we work on, you know, what we have in common. And I love exploring that in my work. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason. I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard. "

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" I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" You have to be able to appreciate who you are. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" When you become a slave to a public persona and don't feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield, and it shouldn't come at the expense of your self-worth. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" Corsets were a challenge in 'Belle;' fake nails tripped me up in 'Blackbird.' Guess I'm not a mani type of girl! "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" This is what I've always wanted to do ever since I was a little girl. Coming from dance and theater and what was accessible to me in my hometown, it was all I did after school and on the weekends. The idea of making my hobby into my job was the ultimate quest. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" I like the collarbone, a very clean collarbone. I think there's something also very delicate and balletic about that part of a woman's body, and I'm not really a cleavage person, but I do like a back or a shoulder; I think there's something very alluring about backless dresses. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" For film, I think because it's more detailed, and especially with historical material, you really have to find the right projects. Speaking as a mixed-race woman, there aren't many historical stories about people like me. When people think of 'dual heritage,' they think it's a modern concept, but really it's not. "

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" I do a lot of yoga, and when I'm in L.A., I have an outdoorsy sort of lifestyle. It's sort of comfortable, West Coast, yoga chic. "

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" I like to choose things that fit my body for sure; you learn to find the things that complement your shape. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" I think there are parts of myself in every character I play. "

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" It's odd doing a movie, and then a year and half later having to go to a premiere and talk about what you did, and get dressed up and have your picture taken. "

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" Because of my job, my hair gets played with a lot on set, so I try to give it little bit of breathing space when I'm not working. "

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

" I never wanted to be like anyone growing up. It's always been about the enjoyment, and I've just never wanted to imitate anyone. "

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