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" I was born in Mexico because my father was teaching at a school in Mexico City. I was born during the third year he was there. And when I was 16, I returned to Mexico to learn Spanish. "

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" My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico. Then I moved back to Kenya shortly after I turned one, and I grew up in Kenya. "

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" My father used to act in high school. He was in a production of 'Othello;' I don't know who he played, but it wasn't Othello. He would talk about it, though, and read Shakespeare to me. "

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" As actors, you become an expert at starting over. "

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" Dreams are the foundation of Hollywood. And dreams are the foundation of America. "

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" I was raised in Kenya, and I always wanted to be an actor from when I was really, really little, but the first time I thought it was something that I could make a career of was when I watched 'The Color Purple.' I think I was nine, maybe, and I saw people that looked like me - Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah. "

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" I hope we can form a community where a woman can speak up about abuse and not suffer another abuse by not being believed and instead being ridiculed. "

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" I never understood who all those people are behind the actors! When you see them on the red carpet on TV, you go, 'Why does that person need such a large entourage?' And then you realize that every single person there has a role to play. "

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" I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings. "

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" Home is where my family is. "

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" I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination. "

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" It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience. "

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" What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art. "

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" I have the opportunity to learn about the fashion world, and I appreciate it as an art form... But I never want it to take over my acting. "

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" The Hollywood Film Awards were really stressful. It was the biggest press line I'd ever seen. "

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" Our business is complicated because intimacy is part and parcel of our profession; as actors, we are paid to do very intimate things in public. That's why someone can have the audacity to invite you to their home or hotel, and you show up. "

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" The set of '12 Years a Slave' was an extremely joyous one! We all recognized that we were making a powerful, necessary and beautiful film, and we weren't about doing it without that sense of responsibility, and we recognized that we needed each other to tell this story. We also knew we needed to hold each other up as we told the story. "

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" As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally. "

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" I grew up in a world where the majority of people were black, so that wasn't the defining quality of anyone. When you're describing someone, you don't start out with 'he's black, he's white.' "

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" There have been rumors and rumors and rumors about my love life. That's the one area that I really like to hold close to my heart. "

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" I don't need to be so full of myself that I feel I am without flaw. I can feel beautiful and imperfect at the same time. I have a healthy relationship with my aesthetic insecurities. "

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" Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life. "

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" Being considered a fashion star is wonderful. It's definitely a bonus thing. "

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" I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project. "

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" What fame does is there is an illusion of familiarity that is cast into the world. So it's about negotiating with that illusion because, oftentimes, you encounter people who have encountered you, but you haven't encountered them. It's a little weird to find your footing. "

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" I am very emotional about politics in a way that makes it hard for me to articulate things in a rational fashion. "

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" I was part of a growing community of women who were secretly dealing with harassment by Harvey Weinstein. But I also did not know that there was a world in which anybody would care about my experience with him. "

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" I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled. "

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" I loved make-believe. I was the child in the cupboard playing with my Barbies. "

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" Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life. "

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" I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. "

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