I think 'The Hunger Games' has a really powerful message about survival, and sacrificing for the ones you love. It's almost like a warning for us to ….

My hope as an actress is knowing that I'm someone who is more privileged - I'm biracial and lighter-skinned - and I hope it can open up the door for ….

My hope is to see people of color in roles that do not emphasize race. Often times when movies are centered around people of color, they are movies w….

My conception around being a woman in 2016 has definitely been shifting over the past year, because I feel like I'm proud of womanhood, and I feel at….

I don't really see myself that way, as some typical sexy young ingénue. I've never been that way. And, for a while, there was a disconnect between wh….

The internet has allowed me to just be authentically myself, as opposed to having to perpetuate a certain image, and so I'm lucky that I don't have t….

There are so many different ways to make art. And so many good stories. You don't have to have a budget. I feel like it's super possible these days f….

My mom reminds me that all things are possible..

I'd say my relation to being a woman is, I mean being a woman is whatever you want because the concept of gender is not really real, you know? And so….

I'm continuously playing this game of what's real and what's not real, and having to balance and judge and realize that there are things that carry r….

I hope one day it's not revolutionary just to be yourself, but I think that the work that's being done around identity and personhood is so important….

I think one of the core ideas in America has always been conversation and being able to question our systems of government, and being able to dictate….

Black Girl Magic is a radiant revolution against misogynoir - misogyny directed towards Black women and internalized hatred. Black women are subject ….

I want to be fulfilled creatively as an actress and get to be in roles that are meaningful and impactful. I hope the same thing for myself as a direc….

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 d….

Yes, there's something dangerous about turning people into token social activists. I was thinking about this recently with our pop-culture feminism, ….

It's easier to say, 'Don't care about what anyone thinks,' than it is to actually not care about what anyone thinks. But, honestly, anything you're p….

Don't denounce our pain as savage. What's savage is the cruel inhumanity and brutality of the police. Condemn that..

I think that can also be the downfall at the same time in what's really difficult about being kind of in the public eye, you have so much exposure th….

I do think that my generation is really smart and wants to have political conversations, and so I hope that we can continue spreading our ideas and b….

When you are a marginalized person or a woman of color and/or someone who's a part of the LGBTQ community, your acts become politicized, just by bein….