Letitia Wright Quotes

I’m not perfect. As a Christian, you’re not perfect, you know, but you’re walking every day and trying to stay connected.

In my country where I was born, Guyana, we push more for education. It’s more being a lawyer, doctor, teacher, or scientist.

I have little brothers and sisters, and they annoy me a lot, but I love them so much because they’re so smart and witty.

In my mind, I don’t really see myself as being famous. I just think my work is being exposed to a bigger audience.

We come from Guyana; we don’t have an acting industry.

I wish I watched movies like ‘Hidden Figures’ when I was a kid, and maybe I would’ve taken science classes super seriously, because I saw myself.

I was born in Guyana, South America.

I love Drake; he’s amazing.

No, I’m not super-smart and tech-savvy.

I’m very interested in the human mind, what’s going on in there.

Everybody has their thing that they’re truthful about. My thing is just a love of God… so that’s what I’m going to do.

I didn’t see a lot of role models or women who looked like me on screen when I was growing up. For me, one thing that changed all of that was seeing Keke Palmer in ‘Akeelah and The Bee.’ That film made me realize that I wasn’t an alien.

I would love to be producing movies, acting in more movies, and doing projects that are Oscar-worthy… have kids, be married, all that, being a normal human being as well, balancing it all out.

Where I go, where He takes me, that’s where I need to spread the love of God. Because people’s souls are dying. My soul was dying. And He saved me.

I think the more open-minded people we have – like casting directors and producers – the better things are going to be.

I love theater – it’s where every actor should begin, the core of acting. But I feel that there’s something about film that’s captivating; it takes you to another , and you get to really be so connected with it.

When I was a kid, people bullied me about my weight and being skinny. Throughout my teenage years, I had to just depend on the fact that, look, this is who God created me to be, so I’m going to depend on what’s already there.

My approach is the truth and aiming for the truth.

Maybe we can have an all-female Marvel film. We’ve been talking about it. It’s only a matter of time.

I said, ‘Okay, Jesus, I’ll try you,’ and I haven’t looked back since.

As soon as I was obedient to just taking a chance on God, all of these things that you’re seeing – ‘Black Panther’ or ‘Humans’ or ‘The Commuter’ or Steven Spielberg – it came right after I took that break.

It was cool to play an African princess who’s the smartest in the whole world. That never happens. So I hope all the young girls can feel smart, too.

Say you want to be with someone, and you’re doing something that they don’t really like. They’re gonna ask you to stop it, just for a moment to take a look at them, to see them clearly. That’s what God wanted for me.

I realised that acting is not my god.

If I can be of inspiration to anyone to go after their goals and their dreams, then I feel like I’ll be satisfied with that.