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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" There's an unfair position that women are sometimes put in, in the context of superhero movies and action movies, where at once they have to be very strong and fierce but also sexy. "

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" Death is just a part of life, you know? It's what makes all of life more vibrant. It's coming whether we want to accept it or not. "

" Cultural change always precedes political change. "

" I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them. "

" 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'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space. "

" The term 'breakout' always makes me think of an inmate or some butterfly emerging out of a cocoon. "

" I'm someone that likes to not think too binary about human qualities. "

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

" I grew up partially in L.A. and partially in New York. In L.A., anything goes because it's really temperate. There aren't any fashion rules dictated by weather, whereas in New York, of course, there are. New York is seasonal, and also it's a fashion mecca, so people are a little more aware of how they put things together. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" I spent two weeks in Paris by myself. That was my first time in Europe. "

" 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. "

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

" '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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies. "

" I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch. "