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" I just want people to be inspired - not only young girls but young people in general - and I just want them to know they can do anything they want to do, and they are beautiful, and they are smart. "

Storm Reid

Beautiful

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" Representing young black girls and giving them hope and the light and letting them know that they can do anything is important to me as a little black girl, too. "

" I feel like there's this great balance between me being an actress and traveling around and doing all this great stuff but, also, me being the regular teenager, like going to Disneyland with friends and just hanging out. "

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Doing

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I feel like I'm a really artsy person. I love to tie-dye shirts and bake and just do nerdy and fun stuff. "

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Person

" Representation is everything. "

Storm Reid

Representation

Everything

" 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. "

" 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. "

Storm Reid

School

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

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

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

" I live by faith and not sight. "

" 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. "

Storm Reid

Yourself

You Can Do It

" I think kid actors may grow up faster, with the responsibility of having to do school work, learn all lines. "

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

" I didn't think I would be 14, or 13 at the time, and be a lead in a role, but I think everything happens for a reason. "

" 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. "

" 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 was shocked that I even got the opportunity to audition for 'A Wrinkle in Time.' Meg Murry is a Caucasian girl in the book. "

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

" 'Matilda' is my favorite movie of all time. It's so funny. It's about this girl who's so independent and smart, and she has to learn how to get through all these challenges she faces, and she gets through them all so well. "

" 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. "

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

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Think

" My life is centered around God and faith. "

" I'm gonna take this world by storm. Pun unintended. "