Nyong'o Quotes: top 63 famous quotes about Nyong'o

Nyong'o Quotes & Sayings

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I loved make-believe. I was the child in the cupboard playing with my Barbies. — Lupita Nyong'o

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. — Lupita Nyong'o

The Hollywood Film Awards were really stressful. It was the biggest press line I'd ever seen. — Lupita Nyong'o

I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. — Lupita Nyong'o

You can't rely on how you look to sustain you, what sustains us, what is fundamentally beautiful is compassion; for yourself and for those around you. — Lupita Nyong'o

There's always a sense of newness with acting, because every role, you come to every role fresh. — Lupita Nyong'o

I grew up in the limelight and being the child of someone famous. So my relationship with fame is not bedazzled. — Lupita Nyong'o

We, as human beings, have the capacity for extreme cruelty. — Lupita Nyong'o

My conscious life has all been in Kenya, and it's my point of reference. But going back to Mexico was very formative. — Lupita Nyong'o

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination. — Lupita Nyong'o

Being a part of '12 Years a Slave' has been one of the most profound experiences of my life. — Lupita Nyong'o

The muscles you flex in theater are muscles that you really need. I must always find a way to get back there. It's irreplaceable. — Lupita Nyong'o

No matter where you are from your dreams are valid. — Lupita Nyong'o

In the madness, you have to find calm. — Lupita Nyong'o

What I've learned from myself is that I don't have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough. — Lupita Nyong'o

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. — Lupita Nyong'o

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience. — Lupita Nyong'o

Steve McQueen is a genius. And I think that word is overused, but I think with Steve it's rightly used. He's a genius. — Lupita Nyong'o

I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying, We don't have work for black women.' — Lupita Nyong'o

Home is where my family is. — Lupita Nyong'o

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. — Lupita Nyong'o

No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid. — Lupita Nyong'o

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

I haven't always been gluten-free. — Lupita Nyong'o

I'm still trying to get over the fact that my name is being mentioned with people like Brad Pitt. — Lupita Nyong'o

I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it. — Lupita Nyong'o

I have the opportunity to learn about the fashion world, and I appreciate it as an art form ... But I never want it to take over my acting. — Lupita Nyong'o

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. — Lupita Nyong'o

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings. — Lupita Nyong'o

I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me. — Lupita Nyong'o

Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do. — Lupita Nyong'o

I had moved back to Kenya after undergrad, and I went through this crisis of, 'What is my life going to be about?' — Lupita Nyong'o

There is no shame in black beauty, — Lupita Nyong'o

I thought I was going to school to be other people, but really, what I learned was to be myself - accepting myself, my strengths and weaknesses. — Lupita Nyong'o

It doesn't escape me for one moment that so much joy in my life is thanks to so much pain in someone else's. — Lupita Nyong'o

You can't eat beauty. It doesn't feed you. — Lupita Nyong'o

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence. — Lupita Nyong'o

I thrive on structure. I find my freedom in structure. — Lupita Nyong'o

Makeup isn't something I've worn a lot of in my life. — Lupita Nyong'o

To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets. — Lupita Nyong'o

As actors, you become an expert at starting over. — Lupita Nyong'o

Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful. — Lupita Nyong'o

I had this vivid image of myself at the age of 60 looking back on my life and truly regretting the fact that I hadn't tried to be an actor — Lupita Nyong'o

All throughout filming '12 Years a Slave,' there was a focus like no other. Everyone took ownership of this film and gave their all. — Lupita Nyong'o

And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned, — Lupita Nyong'o

[My mother] always said I was beautiful and I finally believed her at some point. — Lupita Nyong'o

I grew up in Nairobi, which is the capital of Kenya, so it's hustle and bustle, and there's always something going on. — Lupita Nyong'o

I spent some time back in Mexico at 16 because my parents thought it would be prudent for me to learn Spanish, because I held a Mexican passport. — Lupita Nyong'o

Human beings have an instinct for freedom. — Lupita Nyong'o

As human beings, what makes us able to empathize with people is a connection that is not necessarily understood mentally. — Lupita Nyong'o

Being considered a fashion star is wonderful. It's definitely a bonus thing. — Lupita Nyong'o

Seek perfection, and find joy in never attaining it. — Lupita Nyong'o

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. — Lupita Nyong'o

What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art. — Lupita Nyong'o

My parents gave me a Mexican name. In our culture, we are named after the events of the day. — Lupita Nyong'o

I realized that beauty was not a thing that I could acquire or consume, it was something that I just had to be. — Lupita Nyong'o

I come from a very close class. I lucked out because drama schools are often very competitive ... I have fourteen classmates. — Lupita Nyong'o

I like to wear things, I don't like things to wear me. — Lupita Nyong'o

Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. — Lupita Nyong'o

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It ... keeps us honest. — Lupita Nyong'o

Every single laundromat, grocery store, everything is called 'Lupita' in Mexico. — Lupita Nyong'o

I want to be uncomfortable - acting is uncomfortable. — Lupita Nyong'o

I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won. — Lupita Nyong'o