We don't get to pick the genes we want. There's room in this world for beauty to be diverse.
Lupita Nyong'oI have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.
Lupita Nyong'oYou fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.
Lupita Nyong'oI remember in my very first fitting, costume designer Patricia Norris gave me a garment with these intricate stitches - stitches over stitches, because it had been repaired so many times. Once I put it on, she told me that it belonged to an actual slave woman. My heart just stopped. Each one of the stitches had a story, you know. Just recognizing this period I was going to be dancing with was a "come to Jesus" moment.
Lupita Nyong'o