59 Quotes by Danai Gurira

Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

My favorite TV shows are Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Modern Family, and Veep.

The best characters are always wretchedly flawed

I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.

I just feel like it's fascinating to me just watching my own family, seeing my cousins have children here, seeing the generations go on, and seeing how people are still very connected to their home, but are actually, of course, Americans too. That sort of a hybrided sense of self is something that I yearn to see more of expressed.

All the struggles that were fought for here in the United States for African Americans, you now enjoy the privileges of. You now come here and can enjoy privileges that were fought for by African Americans over several generations.

My assumption is I'm not going to be recognized. But when I am, I'm like, "Dang, you know who I am?" I always think I look so different.

People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so

You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.