19 Amandla Stenberg Quotes for You to Enjoy

Amandla Stenberg

American Actress

Born: Oct 23, 1998

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My mom reminds me that all things are possible. Amandla Stenberg

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As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn't know how I could claim the title of 'feminist' without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one. Amandla Stenberg

I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music. Amandla Stenberg

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I'm just someone who cannot fake it. I can only do something with my full heart invested or just not do it at all. Amandla Stenberg

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As a fan of the books, I feel fortunate to be part of 'The Hunger Games' family. It was an amazing experience; I am proud of the film and my performance. I want to thank all of my fans and the entire 'Hunger Games' community for their support and loyalty. Amandla Stenberg

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Within months after reading the novel 'The Hunger Games,' I went from telling my mom that I could see myself as this character to actually getting the role. My mother reminds me that if I could manifest such an important role just because I wanted it so much, all of my dreams are possible. Amandla Stenberg

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People are getting tired of the same material; they want to see black girls as leads in movies. And I happen to be lucky enough to understand that - and be able to grab that opportunity and run with it. Amandla Stenberg

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My sexuality's very fluid, and my gender is very fluid. Amandla Stenberg

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I don't think of myself as statically a girl. Amandla Stenberg

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I know when I used to chemically straighten mine, I did it because I wasn't comfortable with my natural hair. I thought it was too poofy, too kinky. So for me, personally, when I started wearing it natural, it felt like I was blossoming because I was letting go of all the dead hair and all the parts of me that had rejected my natural state. Amandla Stenberg

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I knew when I was about 14 that I wanted to be a director and that I wanted to go to NYU for film school. Amandla Stenberg

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I'm really passionate about representation in film. I feel like the world is dominated by such a small group of human beings. There are so many different kinds of people that aren't represented, that don't have characters who look like them. Amandla Stenberg

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I'm lucky because the most dangerous thing that could happen to me is that someone will say something mean on a computer screen miles away, and so I feel like if that's all that I'm facing, then why would I not use my platform to talk about things? Amandla Stenberg

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I hope people online understand that the celebrity culture we've created is not really real. So when they're speaking to and about me, I'm a person, so I'm going to make mistakes. It's inevitable because I'm human. Amandla Stenberg

One of the most challenging things for me to do was to walk away from 'Black Panther.' Amandla Stenberg

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It's so important to create roles and characters and projects that feature black people in a way that's not specifically targeted towards the niche market, which is, like, a black movie is created, and it's produced and pitched so that only black people will watch it. Amandla Stenberg

Me talking about political issues on a social platform was kind of an accident. It's something that's a part of my everyday - it's super central to who I am as a person. Amandla Stenberg

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