Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do.

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

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.

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.

I like to wear things, I don't like things to wear me.

I would love to have a career that's governed by the material; I always want to be part of stories that I feel are worthwhile.

With success comes more responsibility, a larger size of existence, which is uncomfortable.