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" I guess I'm sort of just a glutton for having moments when I can just do whatever I want to, which sounds terrible. "

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" I was gregarious as a kid, but I think the idea of actually getting to know people, I'm just shy. It sort of takes me a minute to want to sit down and talk about myself. "

" The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Media truly has the power to create and shift culture. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

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

" I've felt this real need to ground my work in my ideals. "

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

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

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

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

" 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.' "

" As a kid, I loved going to lots of thrift stores with my parents. There was a period where I thought it was embarrassing, and then I started to get older - I realized they were really cool. "

" I am multiracial, and I went through different phases - at one point, I listened to Wu-Tang and hip-hop, and then the next year I listened to Joni Mitchell. "

" 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. "

" We have this real problem as human beings to put people on pedestals - with celebrities, with historical figures - and we forget they're humans just like us. "

" '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. "

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

" Fashion is a funny thing to talk about. I think what you wear is definitely an extension of you, but I also think it's totally arbitrary. "

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

" Cultural change always precedes political change. "