43 Quotes by Tessa Thompson

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies.

I think when any one kind of film does well, it creates a precedent and paves the way for more like it.

I try to pick interesting projects, the kind of projects that I would want to watch.

I am multiracial, and I went through different phases - at one point, I listened to Wu-Tang and hip-hop, and then the next year I listened to Joni Mitchell.

I'm sort of obsessed with Harlem. Just its history. My father did the music for a play called 'The Huey P. Newton Story,' and they did a lot of work in Harlem. So as a little girl, I spent a lot of time in Harlem Library.

I grew up partially in L.A. and partially in New York. In L.A., anything goes because it's really temperate. There aren't any fashion rules dictated by weather, whereas in New York, of course, there are. New York is seasonal, and also it's a fashion mecca, so people are a little more aware of how they put things together.

Veronica Mars was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to - I dont even know why - suddenly straight.

There are some people who don't want to deal with the fact that we are not forever. Some people decide to live life to the fullest.