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.

I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won.

When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor. I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' That's what I did.

Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life.

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.

We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty.

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