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.

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

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

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.

I try to define myself through my own choices rather than just accepting society's kind of you're that, you're that, let me put you in a box kind of thing.

I was lucky that my mother had a very well-adjusted perspective of the world, and never pressured me to do anything I didn't want to do.

I think, irrespective of your race, everybody has moments in life where they don't fit in, or where they try to puzzle through who they really are or to find the courage of their convictions.

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

I'm a multi-faceted human being.

From the age of four, I loved ballet and tap. I was in the school band, the choir, and all my school plays.

I think all characters that we play are facets of ourselves.

But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?

Boredom is probably more frequent and more tormenting if you do not have sight or hands.

You need to make a decision - are you are an imitator or an innovator?

I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect - they are much more interesting.

Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

If you don't speak out when it matters, when would it matter to speak out?

Hope deceives more men than cunning does.

Every adult was once a child free from prejudice.

Reality' is a word with many meanings.

Ingrateful man with liquorish draughts, and morsels unctuous, greases his pure mind that from it all consideration slips.