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" The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood. "
Tessa Thompson
Truth
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" 'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our history. I love that you can confront it with humour and with satire. "
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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. "
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Us
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" Cultural change always precedes political change. "
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" The term 'breakout' always makes me think of an inmate or some butterfly emerging out of a cocoon. "
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" 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. "
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Loved
" I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them. "
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" The beauty of working on a show like 'Westworld' is we're painting a not-too-distant future and talking about an aspirational sense of what power looks like in the future. "
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" I eat almonds professionally, and I can't get enough of Yerbe Mate Cranberry Synergy Kombucha! "
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" I guess I'm sort of just a glutton for having moments when I can just do whatever I want to, which sounds terrible. "
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Moments
Want
" I've felt this real need to ground my work in my ideals. "
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Work
Real
" I'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space. "
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Look
People
" I grew up listening to a lot of Massive Attack and Portishead. "
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Up
Lot
" Time's Up is really about safety and equity in workplaces, and that's a very multi-layered demand. "
Tessa Thompson
Demand
Equity
Really
" 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. "
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People
Real Life
Life
" It's so rare to have an ensemble cast of women. "
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Ensemble
Cast
Women
" 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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Woman
She
Like
" I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch. "
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Interesting
Kind
Watch
" 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. "
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Accept
Death
Want
" 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. "
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Father
" What was so exciting for me about Wakanda and seeing 'Black Panther' was how incredible the women were in it. "
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Me
Seeing
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" I don't spend a lot of time contending with the fact that time is not endless. "
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Time
Lot
Spend
" I am multiracial, and I went through different phases - at one point, I listened to Wu-Tang and hip-hop, and then the next year I listened to Joni Mitchell. "
Tessa Thompson
Year
Point
Hip-Hop
" Norse mythology is mystifying and fantastic and totally confusing, but you can draw a lot of inspiration from it. "
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Confusing
Inspiration
Mythology
" 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. "
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Funny
Think
Wear
" I spent two weeks in Paris by myself. That was my first time in Europe. "
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Two
First Time
Time
" 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. "
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Know
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" 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.' "
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Mind
Think
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" 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. "
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Body
You
Work
" Media truly has the power to create and shift culture. "
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" 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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