“The set of '12 Years a Slave' was an extremely joyous one! We all reco...” — Lupita Nyong'o Quote

“The set of '12 Years a Slave' was an extremely joyous one! We all recognized that we were making a powerful, necessary and beautiful film, and we weren't about doing it without that sense of responsibility, and we recognized that we needed each other to tell this story. We also knew we needed to hold each other up as we told the story.”

“My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico. Then I moved back to Kenya shortly after I turned one, and I grew up in Kenya.”

“Luka was always stretching. That's maybe why he's supple and extremely flexible. You can tell from the way he moves with a football. He was very professional and used to eat particularly well. He was always in the gym, doing little extras.”

“Everybody thinks when I say a guy is a good game manager, that's a negative, but I think it's a real positive. You have the ball in your hand every time when you're a quarterback. Whether you're handing it off or throwing to somebody, I think that's extremely important.”