Gugu Mbatha-Raw quotes
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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-RawSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Because of my job, my hair gets played with a lot on set, so I try to give it little bit of breathing space when Im not working.”
-- Gugu Mbatha-RawSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.”
-- Gugu Mbatha-RawSource : "Gaga over Gugu! PUM One on One: Gugu Mbatha-Raw". Interview with Kam Williams, pittsburghurbanmedia.com.
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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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“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-RawSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“I'm interested in playing lots of different complex women.”
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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-RawSource : Source: aalbc.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-RawSource : 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.”
-- Gugu Mbatha-RawSource : 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-RawSource : Source: www.chicagotribune.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-RawSource : Source: aalbc.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-RawSource : 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-RawSource : Source: aalbc.com
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“I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.”
-- Gugu Mbatha-RawSource : Source: www.moviesonline.ca
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“I'm just broadening my craft and stretching my skills a little bit in different directions.”
-- Gugu Mbatha-RawSource : 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-RawSource : 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-RawSource : 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-RawSource : 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-RawSource : Source: www.glamour.com
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“I'm a multi-faceted human being.”
-- Gugu Mbatha-RawSource : Source: www.moviesonline.ca
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“I try to put myself into whatever character I play.”
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“I always get a little bit scared reading reviews.”
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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.”
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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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“For me, it was all about working with an inspirational filmmaker.”
-- Gugu Mbatha-Raw
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