Quotes from Storm Reid

I feel like it's important for young African-American girls - and all people - to read books that tell our stories and watch movies that tell our stories and do the research on our own, too, because sometimes that's not being told, and we're not being seen and shown.

I'm grateful for my family and my peers.

I just went up to my mom one day and said, 'I wanna be on TV. I wanna be a superstar!' Since I know this is my passion, and I feel like God chose this career for me, I just knew I was ready to do it.

If I'm wearing makeup, I always wash my face. Washing my face is a must.

I was shocked that I even got the opportunity to audition for 'A Wrinkle in Time.' Meg Murry is a Caucasian girl in the book.

My life is centered around God and faith.

I would want to go back to the civil rights movement and see how that was. With the information and knowledge I have about it now, I would want to see how I would deal with it.

Ms. Oprah Winfrey gave me some advice to just always stay in the moment, and don't waste energy on negative things, and put your energy into positive things in your life. I just try to remember that every day and keep on going.

You're not going to be perfect, but the most important thing is not trying to please anybody. It's loving yourself inside out.

To be able to be a good actress and portray other people's stories, you have to be true to yourself.

I had a fear of being too tall because my dad is very tall, and both my sisters are very tall. And they're drop-dead gorgeous, but I just didn't know if I, as Storm, wanted to be 6 feet tall, 'cause I feel like that's pretty tall.

Looking back on it, when I was eight or nine, of course I did see myself on TV, so in a way, I was privileged.

Nothing's impossible, because in the word 'impossible,' it says, 'I'm possible.' Always know that no matter what, you can always do it, and don't let anybody tell you differently.

Diversity should be forever; it should be a normal thing.

I think my family does a good job of letting me be a regular teenager, which we all need.

I think kid actors may grow up faster, with the responsibility of having to do school work, learn all lines.

'Matilda' is my favorite movie of all time. It's so funny. It's about this girl who's so independent and smart, and she has to learn how to get through all these challenges she faces, and she gets through them all so well.

We have good food in Los Angeles, but it's not as good as Atlanta food.

I didn't look at the previous 'A Wrinkle in Time' movie. I wrote ideas down from the book, but I didn't really want to copy that Meg. We're the same, but we're different at the same time. I wanted to make myself Meg. I didn't want to use somebody else or use a reference.

My schedule won't allow me to go to regular school, but I did love public school, and I did experience my first year of middle school in a regular school.

Representing young black girls and giving them hope and the light and letting them know that they can do anything is important to me as a little black girl, too.

If you're not represented, then sometimes you might not feel hopeful and don't feel like you can do something that other people are doing when you're just as worthy as they are.

I live by faith and not sight.

I hope I just keep continuing to inspire a lot of people and trying to make a change in this world.