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.

I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see 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.

I think it's a real gift to be faced with man's potential for extreme cruelty but also man's resilience and the fact that love really does conquer everything. It's the only answer to these kinds of atrocities and it's not a passive thing.

There is no shame in black beauty.

I have always loved children. I've been fantasizing about motherhood since I was probably 2 ½. I loved to babysit my cousins, and nieces, you know.

Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of me.