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.

It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now I like putting a dress on.

I dress according to how I feel.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse.

Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and it was only once it was past that I realized that my body had been holding on by a thread to get through this very intense experience. Nothing can prepare you for awards season. The red carpet feels like a war zone, except you cannot fly or fight; you just have to stand there and take it.

What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.