A biography for Skai Jacksonhasn’t been written yet.
“Zuri is slowly starting to become more of who I am in real life. Starting on 'Jessie,' she had a huge imagination, and had her imaginary friends, but now that she's 13 she has definitely passed that stage in her life and has grown so much.”
“At the end of the day, not everyone's going to like what you do. There's always going to be that one person, or many people, who are going to keep on nagging at you and picking on every little thing that you do.”
“If you want to get a dog, please adopt. I know a lot of people want these fancy breeds, but I think it's better to adopt, because there are so many amazing dogs.”
“I don't like how social media allows people to be so mean and say really hurtful, negative things. It's just not cool.”
“I always want to do things in my career that would make people proud.”
“As I've gotten older, I've started to find my voice.”
“I'm only five feet tall, so I'm short.”
“I would recommend these books: 'Dream Big, Little One,' by Vashti Harrison, 'I Am Enough,' by Grace Byers, 'Hair Like Mine,' by LaTashia M. Perry, 'Hair Love,' by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley... and of course, my book!”
“If you don't know what you're passionate about, it's always fun to try new things.”
“Sometimes, to take my mind off of things, I will hang out with my friends and see a movie.”
“I'm against bullying, I hate it because I've dealt with it.”
“I love Ava DuVernay. It would be cool if I got to work with her one day. She seems like a humble person.”
“I'm a big fan of Michelle Obama. She's such a positive person.”
“I know it's hard to believe that I'm no longer the young 'Zuri' everyone has grown to love, which I truly appreciate, but like every young lady, I'm growing, I'm maturing and finding myself at 16 years old discovering the joys and pains of the world we live in.”
“For me, growing up at a young age in the limelight and on social media, I joined Twitter when I was 10 and I got my Instagram when I was 11, so when I joined Instagram, I did notice a lot of hate comments or people would just, like, nitpick at my appearance, just to be funny.”
“Never tweet while you're angry; you'll probably regret it later.”
“One of my beauty secrets is - whenever you can - try to wear no makeup at all! Putting tons of makeup on is not good for your skin.”
“Never use curse words, foul language, or racial slurs, or say anything about a person's appearance. Just work with being smart-mouthed.”
“The music video, Lil Nas X, he asked me to be in the 'Panini' music video. It was crazy. I was just listening to the song and I was like, okay, this is going to be my first music video but it was really fun.”
“Trump doesn't define my destiny, only I do and the Lord above.”