Gugu Mbatha-Raw Quotes
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I try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing.
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Different fragrances promote different emotions, and I find that fragrance gets me in the frame of mind for that person.
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It is important to be conscious of the message that you're putting out there. It takes a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get a movie to the screen. I do feel a certain element of responsibility to say something worth saying with it, as well as entertainment.
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For me, it was all about working with an inspirational filmmaker.
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I'm not turning my back on classical theater. It's all about opportunities and timing a lot of the time when things come up.
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I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.
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I'm interested in playing lots of different complex women.
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I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do.
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I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing.
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I don't really have one dish. I'm a very improvisational cook. I sort of like to make things up as I go along. I'm quite creative in the kitchen.
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I try not to limit myself. The actors that inspire me are the comedians and the people able to shape-shift into different roles and into different media. That ensures your longevity as an artist and prevents you from getting bored with yourself and, hopefully, prevents people from getting bored with you.
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I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.
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I was born in the '80s, so I don't really remember it very strongly, but the music is so iconic.
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At home I wear my own clothes, no makeup and don't do anything exciting with my hair. I get to borrow pretty dresses for the red carpet, and have experts do my hair and makeup.
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From the age of four, I loved ballet and tap. I was in the school band, the choir, and all my school plays.
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Don't worry about society's conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.
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As an actress, I'm an emotional person.
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I was working in the States when Brexit was going on back home in England. I often think that maybe I got a little complacent on the situation since I wasn't physically there. That's when I realized, Wow, anything is possible.
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It's not often that you get a chance in one role to do the glamour bit and then strip off all the makeup and reveal the real person beneath the façade. Usually, it's either a glamorous role or a raw, emotional role.
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I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.
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For me, after emotionally intense roles, I'd need to take a step back because then there's the promoting of the film which is another job in itself.
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There is the old boys' club, but there are people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.
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I think there are parts of myself in every character I play.
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As a biracial girl growing up in England, I'd never really seen any historical characters who looked like me depicted on film before that weren't being brutalized or playing slaves.
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I always get a little bit scared reading reviews.
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I'm just broadening my craft and stretching my skills a little bit in different directions.
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I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason.
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To play Cleopatra on Broadway would just be incredible.
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I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.
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I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.
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