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.

It's in understanding yourself deeply that you can lend yourself to another person's circumstances and another person's experience.

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

I dress according to how I feel.

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

I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. They had these archaic rules: for example, girls couldn't wear makeup. I found it so outrageous that an all-boys school could tell girls to not wear makeup! So I went on a campaign. I got a petition signed and everything. If a girl wants to wear makeup to boost confidence, why not?