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" At Harvard, I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing. "
Yara Shahidi
Harvard
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" I'm double majoring in social studies - which is sociology, anthropology, economics, and philosophy - and African-American studies. "
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" On a personal level, I think dressing is such a form of expression, and when you do events, it's important to feel as though you are authentically yourself. "
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" I feel comfortable putting my political stances out there without feeling as though I am filling some sort of quota. I don't have a wokeness quota for the day. "
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" For me, personally, I'm usually not on my phone that much. I prefer listening to old radio shows and watching foreign films than tweeting. "
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" Quite honestly, I'm the kind of person to get my feelings hurt over something somebody said on Twitter. "
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" I remember my first actual intense breakout was when I was 13, and I no clue what to do because I hadn't dealt with anything in that large of a scale ever before. "
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" Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role. "
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" My friends always laugh because I'm the kind of person who bought the Brooks Brothers school skirt, even though it's not my school's uniform skirt, but just because I liked it. I'm a knee-high socks kind of person. "
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" I am all about comfort and whatever comes along with comfort. I wear a lot of sweats. But I'm also very preppy naturally. "
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" Personally, I love denim... denim pants, a shirt, denim jacket - I'm good. "
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" I was in Minnesota, where I was born, and I did print ads and commercials. And that was always cool 'cause when you're little, you can only work two hours a day, and it changes. "
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" One thing I've always been concerned about is the objectification of women in ads, and that's one thing where I was like, 'Well, if I become a part of advertising, I could change that.' "
Yara Shahidi
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" When we moved to L.A., I started going out for more commercials, and then one day they emailed me a movie script. The first thing I said was, 'No way. I love commercials.' "
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" Scenes change all the time. Scenes will change while you're shooting them, and you just have to roll with it 'cause that's what makes it funny. It's not being stuck in your character and how you're gonna do something, but to react to other people and to really have a real-life conversation. "
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" I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too. "
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" Gender is a spectrum. "
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" I have the support of my parents and my teachers. They made it very possible for me to go to a school that is open and supportive of me being gone at times and pursuing acting. But school always comes first for me. "
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" Personally, getting into college was a big deal because I realized it's probably one of the only things I've fully planned. The rest of my life has been, for the most part, a nice little happy accident. I'm glad that it happened this way, but it's nonetheless unintentional. "
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" Having life experiences outside of acting is something my family has always made sure happens. "
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" I know, ultimately, I want to help effect change; otherwise, I would look at myself in the mirror every day and think, 'What in the world am I doing with my life?' "
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" I've always struggled with Hollywood feeling trivial. Red carpets aren't worth it. "
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" If you look at the history of art and fashion, it's always been political. It's always been pushing boundaries. "
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" Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the mean comments. "
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" L.A. is great, but it's a completely different beast. I go back to Minnesota, and I borrow a bike from my neighbor and go around Lake Harriet saying 'Hi' to people. Some of that is missing in L.A. "
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" There have been moments when I was on a modeling job, and it was the most fantastic thing in the world. And there have been moments where I've realized, 'Okay, I'm ten years old, and I've spent the past six hours outside in the rain.' It taught me how to be specific about what kinds of projects I wanted to do and what kind of work I wanted to do. "
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" I like to think I know a lot, but I don't. I'm motivated to learn more. "
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" The more you learn about someone, how could you not want to protect them and their rights? The more you learn about a culture or a certain identity, it's hard to not feel empathy. "
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" When you are in the public eye as a person of color, you are given very little room to mess up. "
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" Maintaining a sense of your personality grounds you in your space. I try and just make what I wear a reflection of how I feel at that moment, at that particular place in time. "
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" I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing. "
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