43 Quotes by Tessa Thompson

'Veronica Mars' was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to - I don't even know why - suddenly straight.

As a kid, I loved going to lots of thrift stores with my parents. There was a period where I thought it was embarrassing, and then I started to get older - I realized they were really cool.

The term 'breakout' always makes me think of an inmate or some butterfly emerging out of a cocoon.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East.

I eat almonds professionally, and I can't get enough of Yerbe Mate Cranberry Synergy Kombucha!

There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others.

The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.

I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do, as by the things you do.

Fashion is a funny thing to talk about. I think what you wear is definitely an extension of you, but I also think it's totally arbitrary.