I feel a responsibility to myself and my parents and the people whose love has gotten me this far - people who were in my life before fame. That's where I get my sense of self. It's deadly for anyone to take on that role of a deity; it's not sustainable. I've got tons of flaws. Call my mother - she'll tell you! She keeps it real. Sometimes you don't want to hear the truth; she'll tell it to you out of love.

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

What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you.

That you will feel the validation of your external beauty but also get to the deeper business of being beautiful inside. There is no shade in that beauty.

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable.

I love color. I'm enjoying trying all different shades. Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

Growing up in Kenya, slum life was not far away. I had family that lived in slums, so I visited them often, and so I've seen and interacted with abject poverty. But I also know that because of that, poverty is not the definition of the people that live there.