Amandla Stenberg

Growing up, I was always super into fantasy and 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'Game of Thrones' and all of that, but I could never find black characters whom I really liked. ”

As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn't know how I could claim the title of 'feminist' without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one. ”

I don't think gender even exists. ”

My sexuality's very fluid, and my gender is very fluid. ”

You don't have to force your career to happen all at once. ”

I hope people online understand that the celebrity culture we've created is not really real. So when they're speaking to and about me, I'm a person, so I'm going to make mistakes. It's inevitable because I'm human. ”

I'm really passionate about representation in film. I feel like the world is dominated by such a small group of human beings. There are so many different kinds of people that aren't represented, that don't have characters who look like them. ”

Everyone experiences different parts of themselves at different times, these different parts of themselves that come out in different settings. ”

One of the most challenging things for me to do was to walk away from 'Black Panther.' ”

I'm just someone who cannot fake it. I can only do something with my full heart invested or just not do it at all. ”