Gugu Mbatha-Raw Quotes

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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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Self, Worry, Labels

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  People, Trying

  "Gaga over Gugu! PUM One on One: Gugu Mbatha-Raw". Interview with Kam Williams, pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

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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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Responsibility, Blood, Sweat

  Source: www.desdehollywood.com

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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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  Girl, Growing Up, Character

  Source: aalbc.com

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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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Choices, Trying, Kind

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Thinking, Race, Trying

  Source: aalbc.com

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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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Mother, Perspective, Lucky

  Source: aalbc.com

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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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Artist, Media, People

  Source: aalbc.com

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• But when you become a slave to a public persona and don’t feel comfortable without it, it becomes a shield and it shouldn’t come at the expense of your self-worth.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Self Worth, Shields, Slave

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Character, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• Different fragrances promote different emotions, and I find that fragrance gets me in the frame of mind for that person.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Mind, Different, Emotion

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm just broadening my craft and stretching my skills a little bit in different directions.

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  Skills, Littles, Different

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Jobs, Needs, Roles

  Source: www.desdehollywood.com

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• I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Focus, Stories, Heard

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I've always had an ear for languages and music so it's something I'm continually working on but it's fun.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Fun, Ears, Language

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• The only valid starting point is to understand what we all share - we have to find what we can all agree on.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Share, Starting, Agree

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I'm a multi-faceted human being.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Humans, Human Beings

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Creative, Kitchen, Dishes

  Source: aalbc.com

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• As an actress, I'm an emotional person.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Emotional, Actresses, Emotional Person

  Source: aalbc.com

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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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  Home, Makeup, Hair

  Source: aalbc.com

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• Because I had grown up with Jane Austen novels and period dramas, I was very familiar with that period and that world.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Drama, World, Periods

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I enjoy classics, but classics are classics for a reason.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Reason, Enjoy

  Source: aalbc.com

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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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  Real, Makeup, Emotional

  Source: aalbc.com

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• I was always the one leading the way in terms of wanting to do acting, singing and dancing.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Dancing, Singing, Acting

  Source: aalbc.com

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• For me, it was all about working with an inspirational filmmaker.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Filmmaker

  Source: aalbc.com

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