Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

I am what I am.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.

I truly believe that the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

I'm realizing, you don't need to change anything about yourself. This is who you are, and it's okay. That's daring.

I can be an incredibly fabulous person, and I don't have to be in the highest heels, the tallest wig, the skimpiest outfit.

Whipping your hair means not being afraid to be yourself.

I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.

I've got to where I've always wanted to be. I just feel more myself, and I've learned not to care what other people think. It's happened slowly, very slowly. But I did it.

There's something beautiful in being who you are and being comfortable with whatever your voice is.

It's all about, no matter where you come from, that you can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve. I want people to learn to love who they are. Because that's the hardest thing in life, being able to see yourself the way other people see you.

When you really understand who you are, it enables you to fight and believe.

I've learned to accept who I am.

I am who I am. I'm unique. I'm my own self.

Kids will tell me 'oh I want to be like you when I grow up,' you know. I just thought 'nah, don't be like me, be like you,' because first of all they don't really know me but second of all I understand what they're trying to say but I just let them know - be like you.

I want to stress to people to be themselves instead of trying to be like others.

I'm just trying to be myself and encourage other young women to be themselves.

I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will.

You have to be yourself.

The jungle has taught me to accept who I really am - my skin is play and freckly, my bum and hips are big, and my hair is frizzy - that's who I am.

The way I move, the way I think, the way I handle myself - it might be by accident, but it's who I am, and I've just learned to own that.

What if everything I thought was wrong with me was actually right with me? You have to have the courage to show who you are to the world.

All I'm trying to do is be me.

My confidence comes from the realisation that, actually, the best you can be is you, learning to accept who I was, what I wanted, and that I was more than my body.

I started coming into my own at 30, discovering what's important to me, not caring what other people think.