Tessa Thompson

I grew up as a kid looking at artists like David Bowie and Prince; I really admired them.

I eat almonds professionally, and I can't get enough of Yerbe Mate Cranberry Synergy Kombucha!

As a kid, I loved going to lots of thrift stores with my parents. There was a period where I thought it was embarrassing, and then I started to get older - I realized they were really cool.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.