“I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West...” — Tessa Thompson Quote

“I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East.”

“'Veronica Mars' was my first job, and for some reason, my character changed her hairstyle halfway through the season from curly to - I don't even know why - suddenly straight.”

“I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do.”

“My formative years would be in South Central Los Angeles. It was a really volatile environment, but, I always say, when you're living in the hood, you don't live this life where you're crying every day, downtrodden every day.”

“Having grown up in Iceland and Los Angeles, gone to school in Europe and America, and lived and worked in London and New York, my insatiable appetite for travel has informed many of my life decisions.”

“My parents sacrificed everything because they wanted a better life for me and my little sister. That's why we came to the U.S. So it wasn't an option not to step up to those high expectations. So I didn't go to high school. There was an early entrance program at California State in Los Angeles, and I started college at 13.”