wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Lupita-Nyongo-1.png”>Hollywood actress and Kenyan beauty Lupita Nyong’o, 32, has been unveiled as the cover star of Lucky Magazine’s March 2015 issue. See excerpts from her interview below:
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On pursuing acting: “I
didn’t feel like I had a full grasp of my instrument [before applying to
the Yale School of Drama]. I needed to know more. Pursuing acting in
that way made me feel equipped and helped me manage my inner critic,
which is something I thought I really needed-the ability to quiet that
voice that says ‘You can’t do this.’”
didn’t feel like I had a full grasp of my instrument [before applying to
the Yale School of Drama]. I needed to know more. Pursuing acting in
that way made me feel equipped and helped me manage my inner critic,
which is something I thought I really needed-the ability to quiet that
voice that says ‘You can’t do this.’”
On the pitfalls of fame: “The
not-so-fun part of all this is that when I don’t feel like being
famous, I still am. When you’re in the middle of Manhattan and you have
to pop into Starbucks to use the restroom and everyone recognizes you
when you’re waiting in line, it’s awkward.”
not-so-fun part of all this is that when I don’t feel like being
famous, I still am. When you’re in the middle of Manhattan and you have
to pop into Starbucks to use the restroom and everyone recognizes you
when you’re waiting in line, it’s awkward.”
On speaking in public: “It
makes me very nervous. My heart is on my sleeve when I do those things,
but the only way I know to do them is to speak from my heart. So it
costs me a lot…and then I need to take a nap.”
makes me very nervous. My heart is on my sleeve when I do those things,
but the only way I know to do them is to speak from my heart. So it
costs me a lot…and then I need to take a nap.”
On makeup: “My mother
has never ever worn a drop of makeup in her life—not even at her
wedding. Honestly, my mother’s outlook was hard for me to take when I
was a teenager and I wanted to experiment. But in the end I appreciated
it, because today I can look in a mirror with no makeup on and love
myself. My mother didn’t think makeup was necessary, and I don’t think
it’s necessary. It’s an accessory. It’s as necessary as a pair of
earrings, if you know what I mean. It’s something I do to adorn myself. I
don’t do it to hide myself.”
has never ever worn a drop of makeup in her life—not even at her
wedding. Honestly, my mother’s outlook was hard for me to take when I
was a teenager and I wanted to experiment. But in the end I appreciated
it, because today I can look in a mirror with no makeup on and love
myself. My mother didn’t think makeup was necessary, and I don’t think
it’s necessary. It’s an accessory. It’s as necessary as a pair of
earrings, if you know what I mean. It’s something I do to adorn myself. I
don’t do it to hide myself.”
