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" I feel like my work has been incredibly diverse. "
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
I Feel Like
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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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" 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 see L.A. as a workplace rather than somewhere to live. If I don't get out, I go crazy. If you have a little success, people treat you differently, so it's good to keep a healthy perspective. It's acting, not rocket science. "
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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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" 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. "
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" One of my favourite places is Hampstead Heath. When I first moved to London, I lived in Highgate, and I would walk on the Heath at the weekends and go to the Kenwood House coffee shop. "
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" I think there are parts of myself in every character I play. "
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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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Me
" At home I wear my own clothes, no makeup and don't do anything exciting with my hair. I get to borrow pretty dresses for the red carpet and have experts do my hair and makeup. "
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" 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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Growing Up
Growing
Enjoyment
" I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing. I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do. "
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Mother
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" Sometimes you can't fight change, because you're a part of it, and I feel that in the context of these films that are happening now, there is a kind of change coming in terms of how history is represented on film, and the African, and the African-American and British African experience. "
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Change
Fight
" Different fragrances promote different emotions, and I find that fragrance gets me in the frame of mind for that person. "
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Me
Mind
" In 2009, I was living in London and getting work I enjoyed. "
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London
Living
" I like to choose things that fit my body for sure; you learn to find the things that complement your shape. "
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Like
You
" I spent a chunk of time in New Orleans doing the movie 'Free State Of Jones,' getting to work with Matthew McConaughey, and also did 'Concussion,' where I got to work with Will Smith. "
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Work
Will
New
" 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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Singer
Up
Lot
" 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. "
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Hair
Done
Working
" I've always sung. I was really into musical theater when I was growing up. As a kid, I listened to Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, actually, on cassette tapes. "
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Growing Up
Up
Kid
" Everyone says to you, 'if you play Ophelia, you'll end up crazy,' but we're all somewhere on the spectrum of mental health, and I think that if you approach it that way it's not such an intimidating issue. "
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" 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. "
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Girl
" I just love performing so much, and I threw myself into every musical theater production that was going in my home town and at school. And then, I went to the National Youth Music Theatre, which was really a galvanizing experience for me when I was 17. "
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Home
" 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 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. "
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Work
Think
Experience
" 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. "
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Life
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" I played Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz.' That was my first role on stage. "
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" 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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" 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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" In terms of 'Beyond the Lights' and 'Belle,' they're definitely stories about identity. They're female empowerment stories. So I'm exploring that through my work. "
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