Whoopi Goldberg looked like me, she had hair like mine, she was dark like me. I'd been starved for images of myself. I'd grown up watching a lot of American TV.
Lupita Nyong'oYou win an Oscar, and immediately people ask how you feel. So you don't have time to actually feel anything because you have to generate a response. And then some of the feelings you have are so intimate and visceral, words don't really do them justice.
Lupita Nyong'oYou fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.
Lupita Nyong'o