American - Actress | October 3, 1983 -
I'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space.
Tessa Thompson
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What was so exciting for me about Wakanda and seeing 'Black Panther' was how incredible the women were in it.
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We have this real problem as human beings to put people on pedestals - with celebrities, with historical figures - and we forget they're humans just like us.
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'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our history. I love that you can confront it with humour and with satire.
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I am multiracial, and I went through different phases - at one point, I listened to Wu-Tang and hip-hop, and then the next year I listened to Joni Mitchell.
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I think when any one kind of film does well, it creates a precedent and paves the way for more like it.
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I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies.
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I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch.
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I grew up partially in L.A. and partially in New York. In L.A., anything goes because it's really temperate. There aren't any fashion rules dictated by weather, whereas in New York, of course, there are. New York is seasonal, and also it's a fashion mecca, so people are a little more aware of how they put things together.
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I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.
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As a kid, I loved going to lots of thrift stores with my parents. There was a period where I thought it was embarrassing, and then I started to get older - I realized they were really cool.
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I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East.
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