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" '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. "

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" 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 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. "

Storm Reid

Balance

Doing

" We have good food in Los Angeles, but it's not as good as Atlanta food. "

" 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

" 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. "

" My life is centered around God and faith. "

" I haven't been afraid to speak my mind with anything, and I have always stood up for what I believe in. "

" If you're not represented, then sometimes you might not feel hopeful and don't feel like you can do something that other people are doing when you're just as worthy as they are. "

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

" 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. "

" I never saw a little African-American girl saving the world. So to be able to be that for not only myself but girls who look like me is really important and inspiring. Unfortunately, we don't see ourselves saving the world a lot, and if we do see any type of superhero, that person usually has superpowers. "

" I hope I get to work with Ms. Meryl Streep. She's so brilliant, great, and gracious an actress and person. I would love to work with her. "

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

" I think my family does a good job of letting me be a regular teenager, which we all need. "

Storm Reid

Family

Need

" My mom - she doesn't care if I stop acting tomorrow; she just wants the best for me. "

" Looking back on it, when I was eight or nine, of course I did see myself on TV, so in a way, I was privileged. "

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

Storm Reid

Fun

Person

" I'm grateful for my family and my peers. "

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

" I live by faith and not sight. "

" You should always be dedicated and know that, if you strive to do something, you can achieve it. "

" I had a fear of being too tall because my dad is very tall, and both my sisters are very tall. And they're drop-dead gorgeous, but I just didn't know if I, as Storm, wanted to be 6 feet tall, 'cause I feel like that's pretty tall. "

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

Storm Reid

Slave

Think

" Representation is everything. "

Storm Reid

Representation

Everything

" Ms. Oprah Winfrey gave me some advice to just always stay in the moment, and don't waste energy on negative things, and put your energy into positive things in your life. I just try to remember that every day and keep on going. "

" 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. "

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