I value not being good at things, because children are not good at things.

I am very emotional about politics in a way that makes it hard for me to articulate things in a rational fashion.

I don't need to be so full of myself that I feel I am without flaw. I can feel beautiful and imperfect at the same time. I have a healthy relationship with my aesthetic insecurities.

I definitely intend to create my own work in the future so that we don't have to keep saying, We don't have work for black women.'

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It... keeps us honest.

I haven't always been gluten-free.

When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor.

I'm a crybaby.

My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico. Then I moved back to Kenya shortly after I turned one, and I grew up in Kenya.

Home is where my family is.