Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

This is the first time in my life I've had hair this short. It's always been down to my waist. I can't hide behind my hair any more.

I'm looking forward to losing the long locks at some point. But it's been fun, and I do enjoy it.

I had the perm because I wanted wash-and-wear hair. I didn't want to be bothered with it.

I love the short-haired lifestyle.

With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.

I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.

I have really long hair, so I don't cut it all that often. Sometimes, when I'm working, I just have the stylist on set trim it for me. I don't dye my hair. When I was a teenager, I dyed my hair five colors at one time. It was all different shades of red going from more orange to more purple. I thought I looked so cool.

The beauty of having short hair is that I actually can wash and style it at home!

I don't spend as much time on my hair as people think. I get out of the shower, whack some grease on there and I'm done.

I am so happy that I decided to cut my hair. It literally takes me three minutes to do my hair. I get out of the shower, put some conditioner in it, and it's just, 'Let's go,' and I love that! I think it's very, very important to find products that allow us to be able to have more time to do things like that.

I have no apprehension over cutting my hair.

I do miss my hair because I used to do so much stuff with it, but I do like different levels of short. I had a super short pixie before, and I loved it.

I have no idea how women manage their hair. Seriously.

I'm very much over my hair. If it was up to me I'd have cut it a long time ago.

When I was a teenager, I was really into hair; I dyed it different colours and had loads of haircuts. I shaved my head when I was 17 - it was pretty radical!

I always change my hair, but I don't like haircuts!

Once you dye your hair for the first time, you see other people with dyed hair, and you see them differently than you did before. And you're just like 'Yes! Live! Work that color! Yes, I love you in every way! You're killin' it! I want to do that color next!'

I just let my hair go - if there's no hairdresser around I really can't be bothered!

My hair was slicked down with a part. But that was before I discovered the blow-dryer. Now I'm fabulous.

In real life I've learned to love not wearing any makeup whatsoever, and I'm super low-maintenance when it comes to my hair.

Wigs have always been a part of my life and have become a staple accessory in my closet. I can remember being a little girl and hearing all the commotion in my house from my mom, aunts and grandmother when picking out their wigs for the day. It was such a good time for them and part of their everyday beauty routine.

I love having my hair back. It is so important to how you feel, how you dress, how you look.

From my own personal standpoint, I've always preferred my hair shorter because it's just easier.

I used to experiment all the time with my hair color.

I can't imagine having long hair anymore; it's weird.