Danai Gurira quotes

You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that. (Danai Gurira)

You Americans, you have no idea how much your stuff infiltrates the rest of the world!

Danai Gurira

My artistic spirit is not nurtured by blogospheres.

Danai Gurira

I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.

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A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.

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I got an M.F.A. in acting from NYU, and part of our training is to learn how to use swords in combat situations in a performance and Shakespeare plays where you have to fight.

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I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.

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I always used to say hybrids would rule the world - people who have an understanding of many cultures and can relate to them with ease. And then along came Obama.

Danai Gurira

Zimbabweans are so smart and witty and able to weave together tons of situations and experiences into terminologies that are just utterly original.

Danai Gurira

Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

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I've always been attracted to action stuff. (Danai Gurira)

I've always been extremely physically active.

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I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!

Danai Gurira

In terms of writing, I just wasn't finding enough stories about contemporary African people-or historical, just anything, the whole gamut. I was raised in southern Africa and I came back to the West for college. I was starting to look for what I would like to perform, what I would like to see put to life onstage, and I was finding many stories about everybody else, but none about my own people. My playwriting became a "necessity being the mother of invention” type thing. I wasn't finding what I wanted to perform, so I started to create it myself.

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