Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

I don't really care if people think I'm good-looking or not; it doesn't define me as a person.

Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.

I'm happy with the way I look but I'm not Hollywood beautiful.

I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

You should take some responsibility for the way you present yourself. But you should not be hung up on your looks, whether you are ugly or handsome, because it isn't an achievement.

I really have never been concerned about being beautiful on-screen. That's just not my jam.

It's always difficult to see yourself as other people do, but I'm realistic about my appearance. I wasn't born with one of those pretty, pretty faces, so I've never been absorbed with the way I look. I just try to make the most of what I've got.

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.

I feel very confident with the way I look. But I felt just as confident the way I looked before. I've always been confident with who I am.

I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.

Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?

I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image.

I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

No, I never ever considered myself attractive.

I knew I had a great figure, but I never regarded myself as beautiful.

I never considered myself a supermodel or anything like that. I mean, I don't think I'm ugly. I have good days and bad days, and I like when I'm fit and lean and all of those things that any woman likes, but it's not the eye of the hurricane for me.

I never thought of myself as beautiful. I thought I was OK, certainly good enough to get along.

I changed my thinking on the whole subject of what it is to be attractive. It's fine, but I know that ultimately what I am and who I am is not cheekbones and a jawline, if you catch my drift. I ultimately know that who I am is not directly proportional to abs or straight teeth.

I always felt second best. I was never the prettiest, never the skinniest, never the fastest in my sports. Never the smartest, because I have dyslexia. Then, all of a sudden, people were like, 'You're gorgeous.' And I was like, 'What?'

My looks have changed, but I was never beautiful, so I'm not any less beautiful now.

When I was 15, I didn't think I was the prettiest at all. But then something happened when I was 20-something - I thought, actually, I really like what I look like. Just because I don't look like everybody else doesn't mean that I can't be just as beautiful.

I'm quite active and I try not to let the way I look be the main focus because it's not the most important thing.

Everybody knows that I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world.