I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.

It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now I like putting a dress on.

What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion: for yourself and for those around you.

On a very practical level, I've learned the importance of circulation socks for planes. I had this awful experience of getting off a flight to go to an event and my feet had swelled. Try getting into heels then! So you put on the socks for the flight, then you can wear whatever heels you want.

I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.

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.

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.