You win an Oscar, and immediately people ask how you feel. So you don't have time to actually feel anything because you have to generate a response. And then some of the feelings you have are so intimate and visceral, words don't really do them justice.

Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of me.

It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's.

European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light skin is the key to success and love. Africa is no exception.

Human beings have an instinct for freedom.

Every time I overcome an obstacle, it feels like success. Sometimes the biggest ones are in our head - the saboteurs that tell us we can't.

I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.