Top 25 Kiersey Clemons Quotes

When you’re a fan of someone, and they know your name, you’re like, ‘Oh my God!’

Growing up, I had really big hair. Giant hair. As I got older, the goal was to make it smaller – I wanted to look like everyone else. So I got a weave. I would manipulate my hair and try to make it straight.

I find that I’m much more of a healer than I am anything else.

I grew up everywhere because my dad was in the Navy. I had to adapt to each environment.

I do not speak at panels, because I’m a real shy actress. And to put me in that position, I’m going to fail you because that’s not where my strengths lie.

Once I was old enough to realize that the people I thought were inside the TV were actual people, it was like, ‘I want to do that.’

Hollywood makes stuff that people absorb, and it lingers in your subconscious.

It’s beautiful when someone can carry her own hair and body and curves and bumps.

The thing about having an amazing stylist – it’s not about who is better: it’s more so about your body type finding amazing pieces, but also, setting the tone for what people believe is your life. It’s like the editing of a movie or the color-correcting of a photo.

It’s a classic love story: me and my hair. I have loved my hair. I have betrayed my hair. My hair and I have gone through this long, gut-wrenching relationship.

I ate huge bowls of fresh papaya all day in Fiji when I was filming a movie, which was one of the most magical experiences in my entire life, so the fruit actually really changes my mood and how my body feels.

I grew up with a lot of karaoke and dancing and good movies.

I agree that lighter-skinned women get favored in Hollywood, and I’m not proud to say that.

When I was younger, I liked writing stories and watching younger actors on TV.

I love taking advantage of red carpets.

I don’t consider myself to be an extraordinary person.

I went to high school in Redondo Beach, so a lot of people that went to my school are from Inglewood or Gardena. My best friend lives in Gardena.

I lived just outside of L.A. for a long time. My dad was in the military, so I moved a lot.

I wake up every day trying to hold on to my innocence. That is not a thing that has to do with age. That has to do with the life that you want to have and the perspective that you want to have on life. I do not want to become jaded or cynical.

I don’t know, I feel like any role that I play is a little piece of me, whether it’s their perspective, maybe how they dress, what they think is funny, their loyalty to their friends. It all stems from Kiersey.

I think being a feminist is to each her own. It’s kind of like asking someone what being a woman means to them. We should all be feminists. We should all want equality.

I think a lot of kids I’ve met in L.A. trying to act want to escape working long days and think acting is all photoshoots and red carpets.

Activism and art do go hand in hand, but I am an artist and an ‘artivist’ within that.

My family’s full of wild women.

My grandma was a ballerina.