Lupita Nyong'o

"You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you."

- Lupita Nyong'o

""You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and your those around you.""

- Lupita Nyong'o

"I work really hard to try to see the beauty in everything and everyone. It’s hard sometimes, and I don’t think I succeed all the time, but I try to approach things with love rather than judgment."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"You can’t eat beauty, it doesn’t sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty enflames the heart and enchants the soul."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"Dreams are the foundation of America."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"What colonialism does is cause an identity crisis about one's own culture."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"No matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"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."

- Lupita Nyong'o

"I give myself homework when I have an audition. I give myself goals, and that's how I check how I'm doing. It can be something simple like 'listen,' or 'find your feet.' And then afterward it's an assessment, so in a way it's not about booking the job or not. It's about what I learned as an actor about that character."

- Lupita Nyong'o