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" I'm interested in generating work for myself. I have trouble with this waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring lifestyle, especially after drama school, which was so creatively fulfilling. "

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" I'm Mexican and Kenyan at the same time. I've seen the quarrels over my nationality, but I'm Kenyan and Mexican at the same time. So again, I am Mexican-Kenyan, and I am fascinated by carne asada tacos. "

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" There is something about acting that's mysterious and magical because there is only so much I can do to prepare, and then I have to just let go and breathe and believe that it will come through. "

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" I've loved the opportunity to learn about the fashion world and appreciate it as an art form, and I look forward to my continued education, but I never want it to take over my acting. "

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

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" I'm still trying to get over the fact that my name is being mentioned with people like Brad Pitt. "

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" The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable. "

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" The first time I cut all my hair off was when I was 19. I just got fed up going to the salon every week. I'd had enough! On a whim, it was off. It's low-maintenance. "

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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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" I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held a Mexican passport. "

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" I learned at Yale, one of the biggest lessons was to learn how special I am and therefore how totally unspecial I am. I was special among everyone else who was special. The fact that we're all so individual and that's what makes us special. "

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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 didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' That's what I did. "

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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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" Human beings have an instinct for freedom. "

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" I haven't always been gluten-free. "

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" I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying, We don't have work for black women.' "

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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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" Before the advent of the white man, black people were doing all kinds of things with their hair. The rejection of kinks and curls did come with the white man. "

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" I come from a very close class. I lucked out because drama schools are often very competitive... I have fourteen classmates. "

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