Gurira Quotes

#1. This is England," he explained. "Tell someone it's a procedure, and they'll believe you. The pointless procedure is one of our great natural resources.

Maureen Johnson

#2. 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.

Danai Gurira

#3. People with nothing to hide don't usually feel the need to say so

Danai Gurira

#4. All the struggles that were fought for here in the United States for African Americans, you now enjoy the privileges of. You now come here and can enjoy privileges that were fought for by African Americans over several generations.

Danai Gurira

#5. love is but an echo in her head

David Cantor

#6. My artistic spirit is not nurtured by blogospheres.

Danai Gurira

#7. 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

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

Danai Gurira

#9. My favorite TV shows are Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, Modern Family, and Veep.

Danai Gurira

#10. 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

#11. If you want to understand a difficult or trying person, begin by asking the question: 'What is the wound they are trying to heal?'

Mardy Grothe

#12. I write about African women, that's really my topic. I have no shame or qualm in it because it's a very underrepresented topic, which is part of the reason I started to write.

Danai Gurira

#13. Survival isn't lying down and saying, oh, poor me. It's finding ways to live and keep your light shining in the midst of the darkest circumstances.

Danai Gurira

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

Danai Gurira

#15. There are definitely many adventures on the road withJessica 6. It sometimes feels like we're in a movie. I was recently kidnapped by 2 taxi drivers in Moscow. They drove me over 2 hours out of town till I started to cry then they drove me 3 more hours finally to my hotel!

Nomi Ruiz

#16. I am the hole on the flute that Gods breath flows through.

Eckhart Tolle

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

Danai Gurira

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

Danai Gurira

#19. I've always been attracted to action stuff.

Danai Gurira

#20. I think the main thing is to find something you care about. A cause. I think it starts with others. Who do you look up to? Who do you want to help? Start in your own community.

Max Carver

#21. Paranoid theorizing was too easy, too emotionally satisfying.

Graham Moore

#22. The best characters are always wretchedly flawed

Danai Gurira

#23. Your only limitation is how much action you are willing to take

Carrie Wilkerson

#24. My assumption is I'm not going to be recognized. But when I am, I'm like, "Dang, you know who I am?" I always think I look so different.

Danai Gurira

#25. Move forward and let others do the same. Simple. This is a guiding principle everyone should have.

Pope Francis

#26. And one thing we know is real: horror. It is so real, in fact, that we cannot be sure it could not exist without us. Yes, it needs our imaginations and our consciousness, but it does not ask or require our consent to use them.

Thomas Ligotti

#27. 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

#28. First, as to Time: there is no difference between ten thousand years and one year; no difference between one hundred thousand years and a heartbeat. No difference. That is the first fact about Time. And the second fact: the entire universe with all of its Time is within me.

Frank Herbert

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

Danai Gurira

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

Danai Gurira

#31. A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.

Danai Gurira

#32. If you're a fighter, you recognize a fighter.

Danai Gurira