I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won.

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 realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be.

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 grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on.

Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius.

I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won.