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All Quotes by author - Amandla Stenberg
" As a fan of the books, I feel fortunate to be part of 'The Hunger Games' family. It was an amazing experience; I am proud of the film and my performance. I want to thank all of my fans and the entire 'Hunger Games' community for their support and loyalty. "
Experience
Family
Community
" 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith is one of my favorites. Even though it doesn't have any monsters or crazy fantasy in it, it's such a raw story, and I can really relate to the characters. I think it's a beautiful story. "
Beautiful
Tree
Think
" Everyone experiences different parts of themselves at different times, these different parts of themselves that come out in different settings. "
Out
Different
Experiences
" Growing up, I was always super into fantasy and 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Game of Thrones' and all of that, but I could never find black characters whom I really liked. "
Growing
Game
Growing Up
" I come from a very musical family. My dad taught me to play guitar. I play violin and drums as well. Violin, I started in elementary school. Drums actually came when I was in a program called 'Rock Star,' which was really awesome. We were doing a song by the Ramones, so I thought, 'Why not play the drums?' "
Family
Thought
Song
" I don't think gender even exists. "
Think
Even
Exists
" I don't think of myself as statically a girl. "
Girl
Think
Myself
" I hope people online understand that the celebrity culture we've created is not really real. So when they're speaking to and about me, I'm a person, so I'm going to make mistakes. It's inevitable because I'm human. "
Culture
Hope
Me
" I knew when I was about 14 that I wanted to be a director and that I wanted to go to NYU for film school. "
School
Go
Wanted
" I know when I used to chemically straighten mine, I did it because I wasn't comfortable with my natural hair. I thought it was too poofy, too kinky. So for me, personally, when I started wearing it natural, it felt like I was blossoming because I was letting go of all the dead hair and all the parts of me that had rejected my natural state. "
Go
Thought
Me
" I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music. "
Love
Music
Mean
" I'm a huge fan of Toni Morrison. I just think she's so incredible. And also Nayyirah Waheed, who's a poet. "
Poet
She
Think
" I'm just someone who cannot fake it. I can only do something with my full heart invested or just not do it at all. "
Someone
Fake
Heart
" I'm lucky because the most dangerous thing that could happen to me is that someone will say something mean on a computer screen miles away, and so I feel like if that's all that I'm facing, then why would I not use my platform to talk about things? "
Say
Dangerous
Someone
" I'm really passionate about representation in film. I feel like the world is dominated by such a small group of human beings. There are so many different kinds of people that aren't represented, that don't have characters who look like them. "
World
Small
People
" I often find myself in situations where I am the token black person. It can feel like this enormous weight. "
I Am
Black
Person
" I think something that's really important to me is trying to do what I can from my position of power that comes with having a social media platform to dismantle certain systems that I think are really gross and harmful. "
Power
Media
Social Media
" I think that, as a black girl, you grow up internalizing all these messages that say you shouldn't accept your hair or your skin tone or your natural features or that you shouldn't have a voice or that you aren't smart. "
Voice
Smart
Think
" I think 'The Hunger Games' has a really powerful message about survival, and sacrificing for the ones you love. It's almost like a warning for us to not lose touch of our humanity. We live in a world in which we watch other's misfortunes for entertainment. "
Love
Live
Powerful
" I've read the 'Mortal Instruments' series; I was obsessed with those. "
Mortal
Series
Read
" My mom reminds me that all things are possible. "
Things
Possible
All Things
" My sexuality's very fluid, and my gender is very fluid. "
Sexuality
Very
Fluid
" People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to be lucky enough to understand that - and be able to grab that opportunity and run with it. "
Opportunity
Black
Tired
" There's so much power in allegory, to form ideas and learn lessons that you can actually take and apply to real life. I think that's why I originally really loved fantasy and reading. "
Reading
You
Think
" Within months after reading the novel 'The Hunger Games,' I went from telling my mom that I could see myself as this character to actually getting the role. My mother reminds me that if I could manifest such an important role just because I wanted it so much, all of my dreams are possible. "
Dreams
Myself
Mom
" You don't have to force your career to happen all at once. "
Happen
Career
You
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