Quotes by Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

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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Growing Up

As an actress, I’m an emotional person.

Actresses

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Emotional Person

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.

Hair

Home

Makeup

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

Drama

Periods

World

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.

Hair

Jobs

Space

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.

Self Worth

Shields

Slave

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

Different

Emotion

Mind

Don’t worry about society’s conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.

Labels

Self

Worry

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.

Jobs

Needs

Roles

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

Filmmaker

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Girl

Growing Up

Hair

Heard

Heart

Home

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Quotes by Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

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.

As an actress, I’m an emotional person.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Don’t worry about society’s conditioning and the labels that are put on you by external forces. Hold onto your true self.

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.

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

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