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" Diversity should be forever; it should be a normal thing. "

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" I would love to keep playing roles where I get to inspire young women, and I get to uplift them and tell their stories and tell important stories that haven't been told. "

" I think '12 Years a Slave' really helped me, as a person and as a student, to grow. "

" It's just surreal because I get to empower other little African-American girls around the world and say that you can be a superhero, and you rock, and you can conquer the world, and you are beautiful just the way you are, and your flaws are nothing, and you're awesome. "

" If you're not represented, then sometimes you might not feel hopeful and don't feel like you can do something that other people are doing when you're just as worthy as they are. "

" You're not going to be perfect, but the most important thing is not trying to please anybody. It's loving yourself inside out. "

" I just feel like, with growing up and having peer pressure and what society wants you to be and what you think you should do, I feel like it's really important to surround yourself around good, understanding, amazing people that actually love you for you. "

Surround Yourself

" I feel like it's important for young African-American girls - and all people - to read books that tell our stories and watch movies that tell our stories and do the research on our own, too, because sometimes that's not being told, and we're not being seen and shown. "

" I hope I get to work with Ms. Meryl Streep. She's so brilliant, great, and gracious an actress and person. I would love to work with her. "

" Nothing's impossible, because in the word 'impossible,' it says, 'I'm possible.' Always know that no matter what, you can always do it, and don't let anybody tell you differently. "

" To work with Miss Oprah has been amazing. To have her in my corner and inspire me and uplift me has been amazing. "

" My schedule won't allow me to go to regular school, but I did love public school, and I did experience my first year of middle school in a regular school. "

" My mom - she doesn't care if I stop acting tomorrow; she just wants the best for me. "

" I would want to go back to the civil rights movement and see how that was. With the information and knowledge I have about it now, I would want to see how I would deal with it. "

" If I'm wearing makeup, I always wash my face. Washing my face is a must. "

" I'm grateful for my family and my peers. "

" When you're acting, you can try your own ideas and be free. "

" I never saw a little African-American girl saving the world. So to be able to be that for not only myself but girls who look like me is really important and inspiring. Unfortunately, we don't see ourselves saving the world a lot, and if we do see any type of superhero, that person usually has superpowers. "

" I hope I just keep continuing to inspire a lot of people and trying to make a change in this world. "

" Looking back on it, when I was eight or nine, of course I did see myself on TV, so in a way, I was privileged. "

" Ms. Oprah Winfrey gave me some advice to just always stay in the moment, and don't waste energy on negative things, and put your energy into positive things in your life. I just try to remember that every day and keep on going. "

" To be able to be a good actress and portray other people's stories, you have to be true to yourself. "

" I just try to take a positive approach with my social media, with my Instagram. I just want people who go to my page to kinda feel inspired. "

" Representation is everything. "

" My life is centered around God and faith. "

" We just have to get over the fact that, yes, people are not going to be the same. They're not going to look the same, they're not going to have the same opinions because we're all unique. "

" If you want to be an actress or an astronaut or a doctor or anything in between, I just want to let kids know - and especially kids that look like me know - that you can do it. Even though you're not seen, you can make yourself seen. "

" I think my family does a good job of letting me be a regular teenager, which we all need. "