Letitia Wright

“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.”

“Tottenham was a dope place to grow up because it's so community-based. It's a melting pot of cultures. I'll always be a north London girl.”

“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.”

“Netflix is my homepage.”

“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 love Drake; he's amazing.”

“I don't come from a creative background. I don't know anyone in my family who is a musician or actor or singer. It's a lot of teachers, lawyers. Professional stuff like that.”

“I needed to take a break from acting, because I really idolized it. So I came off from it, and I went on a journey to discover my relationship with God, and I became a Christian. It really just gave me so much love and light within myself. I felt secure, like I didn't need validation from anyone else, or getting a part.”

“I'm really proud of the Time's Up movement, and I hope it continues and it grows stronger and that it can really be established.”

“The 'Black Panther' world taught me about the importance of exfoliating.”

“I want people, no matter who they are to be inspired by 'Black Panther.'”

“I said, 'Okay, Jesus, I'll try you,' and I haven't looked back since.”

“So many young black women love science, technology, engineering, and maths. But that's not the widely held image of the kind of person who likes those things.”

“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.”

“I still have a lot to prove within the industry as a young person in the Marvel Universe.”

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

“I'm just a young girl trying to fulfill the purpose that's been placed in my heart to do.”

“What I would love, instead of being a role model, is being someone of inspiration.”

“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.”