Quotes from Letitia Wright

I wish I watched movies like 'Hidden Figures' when I was a kid, and maybe I would've taken science classes super seriously, because I saw myself.

My aim is just to remain as humble and as godly as I can be.

'Black Panther' has made me embrace my natural black hair. The representation of natural black hair in the film has made me reflect on myself.

We need to include more writers from different backgrounds and ethnicities. We need to see different experiences instead of the same people writing the same kinds of stories.

When I came to England, everybody was indoors all the time, and nobody said hello to each other. That was weird.

If I can be of inspiration to anyone to go after their goals and their dreams, then I feel like I'll be satisfied with that.

I'm very interested in the human mind, what's going on in there.

I'm just a young girl trying to fulfill the purpose that's been placed in my heart to do.

It was cool to play an African princess who's the smartest in the whole world. That never happens. So I hope all the young girls can feel smart, too.

I still have a lot to prove within the industry as a young person in the Marvel Universe.

Everybody has their thing that they're truthful about. My thing is just a love of God... so that's what I'm going to do.

I want to do stuff like 'Lady Bird.' I want people to say, 'She told amazing stories.'

Makeup is cool. I mean, you can turn up and feel really good and treat yourself, but it shouldn't be something you hang on to to validate your beauty or something you have to do to make you feel beautiful.

I was born in Guyana, South America.

I didn't see a lot of role models or women who looked like me on screen when I was growing up. For me, one thing that changed all of that was seeing Keke Palmer in 'Akeelah and The Bee.' That film made me realize that I wasn't an alien.

Where I go, where He takes me, that's where I need to spread the love of God. Because people's souls are dying. My soul was dying. And He saved me.

Netflix is my homepage.

With 'Black Panther,' it was like stepping up to the plate, working crazy hours, and still bringing your best to the table every time.

I grew up seeing so many stereotypes on TV, and I didn't want to play that as well.

As soon as I was obedient to just taking a chance on God, all of these things that you're seeing - 'Black Panther' or 'Humans' or 'The Commuter' or Steven Spielberg - it came right after I took that break.

Say you want to be with someone, and you're doing something that they don't really like. They're gonna ask you to stop it, just for a moment to take a look at them, to see them clearly. That's what God wanted for me.

I needed to take a break from acting, because I really idolized it. So I came off from it, and I went on a journey to discover my relationship with God, and I became a Christian. It really just gave me so much love and light within myself. I felt secure, like I didn't need validation from anyone else, or getting a part.

When I need motivation, I just think I can do everything if I maintain a strong sense of will.

I'm really proud of the Time's Up movement, and I hope it continues and it grows stronger and that it can really be established.