Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

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.

Lupita Nyong'o

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: mexican
  • Birth: March 1, 1983

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It is a lot cheaper to spend eight hours in a rehearsal hall than in a recording studio.

Jim Messina

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If you put a frog in boiling water, it'll jump straight out. If you put it in cold water and gradually bring it to the boil, it'll sit right there until it dies. Scotland has been sitting in England's gradually boiling water for so long that many people are used to it.

John Niven

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I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote.

Ann Coulter

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Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.

Robert Wagner

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There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.

Mary J. Blige

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In the dressing room, I always put on my right shoe first. Same thing for my right wristband.

Mary Lou Retton

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The intensity with which Janis Joplin sings, you simply can't find a singer like that. It's almost scary the amount of emotion and energy and passion she puts into her performance.

Michael Wadleigh

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My greatest fear is fear. Ooh, meta.

Miranda Hart

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Acting is my first love.

Dawn Wells

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I would look a little silly playing Casanova now.

Donald Sutherland

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It's a manic-depressive life. You run in here, you open your incubator, your experiment makes no sense, you think, 'I hate this job.' Then ten minutes later you think, 'Well, now, maybe I'll try this or I'll try that.' You do it because you know there will be an 'a-ha!' day.

Bonnie Bassler

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Just going to Comic-Con alone, that's an unreal experience on its own. I think if everyone in the world could experience that place, it would change their outlook. It's just one big lovefest. It's pretty incredible.

Ari Millen

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