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" I grew up listening to a lot of Massive Attack and Portishead. "

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" I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them. "

" I grew up partially in L.A. and partially in New York. In L.A., anything goes because it's really temperate. There aren't any fashion rules dictated by weather, whereas in New York, of course, there are. New York is seasonal, and also it's a fashion mecca, so people are a little more aware of how they put things together. "

" Norse mythology is mystifying and fantastic and totally confusing, but you can draw a lot of inspiration from it. "

" The beauty of working on a show like 'Westworld' is we're painting a not-too-distant future and talking about an aspirational sense of what power looks like in the future. "

" Oftentimes in films, the female character, if she's not the protagonist - and often, even if she is - feels like an imitation of what a woman is. "

" It's so rare to have an ensemble cast of women. "

" There's an unfair position that women are sometimes put in, in the context of superhero movies and action movies, where at once they have to be very strong and fierce but also sexy. "

" There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others. "

" I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies. "

" I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do. "

" I'm someone that likes to not think too binary about human qualities. "

" Death is just a part of life, you know? It's what makes all of life more vibrant. It's coming whether we want to accept it or not. "

" I don't spend a lot of time contending with the fact that time is not endless. "

" I'm sort of obsessed with Harlem. Just its history. My father did the music for a play called 'The Huey P. Newton Story,' and they did a lot of work in Harlem. So as a little girl, I spent a lot of time in Harlem Library. "

" I like to think I'm one of the least athletic people in real life. I don't do a whole lot when I'm left to my own devices except wield forks and knives. "

" Cultural change always precedes political change. "

" There are some people who don't want to deal with the fact that we are not forever. Some people decide to live life to the fullest. "

" I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch. "

" I think when any one kind of film does well, it creates a precedent and paves the way for more like it. "

" I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East. "

" I spent two weeks in Paris by myself. That was my first time in Europe. "

" I'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space. "

" I think, as an actor, when you're starting off early in your career, you're kind of just seeing what lands. But 'Veronica Mars' definitely primed me to look for surprising, dynamic women. It took me awhile to realize how cool that job was. "

" I eat almonds professionally, and I can't get enough of Yerbe Mate Cranberry Synergy Kombucha! "

" 'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our history. I love that you can confront it with humour and with satire. "

" Even while I'm really interested in playing female characters that are varied and interesting and dynamic, I'm not of the mind that you always want to play strong female characters. I think I just want to play characters that are interesting, and not all people are 'strong.' "

" The term 'breakout' always makes me think of an inmate or some butterfly emerging out of a cocoon. "

" Time's Up is really about safety and equity in workplaces, and that's a very multi-layered demand. "

" 'Veronica Mars' was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to - I don't even know why - suddenly straight. "

" What was so exciting for me about Wakanda and seeing 'Black Panther' was how incredible the women were in it. "