Latest Gugu Mbatha-Raw Quotes from Interviews

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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

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

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Skills, Littles, Different

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• To play Cleopatra on Broadway would just be incredible.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Play, Broadway, Incredibles

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• 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

• 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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Opportunity, Timing, Theater

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• I'm a multi-faceted human being.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Humans, Human Beings

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Character, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

• 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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Home, Thinking, Littles

  Source: www.glamour.com

• 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

• There is the old boys' club, but there are ­people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Heart, Boys, People

  Source: www.glamour.com

• I was born in the '80s, so I don't really remember it very strongly, but the music is so iconic.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Remember, Born, Music Is

  Source: www.cosmopolitan.com

• I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Inspire, Being Free, Speak

  Source: aalbc.com

• 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

• I try to put myself into whatever character I play.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Character, Play, Trying

  Source: aalbc.com

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Girl, Growing Up, Character

  Source: aalbc.com

• I always get a little bit scared reading reviews.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Reading, Littles, Scared

  Source: aalbc.com

• 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

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

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Filmmaker

  Source: aalbc.com

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

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Reason, Enjoy

  Source: aalbc.com

• 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

• 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.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Home, Makeup, Hair

  Source: aalbc.com

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

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Emotional, Actresses, Emotional Person

  Source: aalbc.com