My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.

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.

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

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.

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.

To be human is to seek perfection, and find joy in never attaining it.

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.