Top 25 Storm Reid Quotes

Representation is everything.

I think my family does a good job of letting me be a regular teenager, which we all need.

I just went up to my mom one day and said, ‘I wanna be on TV. I wanna be a superstar!’ Since I know this is my passion, and I feel like God chose this career for me, I just knew I was ready to do it.

I didn’t look at the previous ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ movie. I wrote ideas down from the book, but I didn’t really want to copy that Meg. We’re the same, but we’re different at the same time. I wanted to make myself Meg. I didn’t want to use somebody else or use a reference.

If I’m wearing makeup, I always wash my face. Washing my face is a must.

I’m gonna take this world by storm. Pun unintended.

I’m grateful for my family and my peers.

I was shocked that I even got the opportunity to audition for ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’ Meg Murry is a Caucasian girl in the book.

I think ’12 Years a Slave’ really helped me, as a person and as a student, to grow.

I would love to keep playing roles where I get to inspire young women, and I get to uplift them and tell their stories and tell important stories that haven’t been told.

My life is centered around God and faith.

‘Matilda’ is my favorite movie of all time. It’s so funny. It’s about this girl who’s so independent and smart, and she has to learn how to get through all these challenges she faces, and she gets through them all so well.

We just have to get over the fact that, yes, people are not going to be the same. They’re not going to look the same, they’re not going to have the same opinions because we’re all unique.

I never saw a little African-American girl saving the world. So to be able to be that for not only myself but girls who look like me is really important and inspiring. Unfortunately, we don’t see ourselves saving the world a lot, and if we do see any type of superhero, that person usually has superpowers.

I would want to go back to the civil rights movement and see how that was. With the information and knowledge I have about it now, I would want to see how I would deal with it.

I had a fear of being too tall because my dad is very tall, and both my sisters are very tall. And they’re drop-dead gorgeous, but I just didn’t know if I, as Storm, wanted to be 6 feet tall, ’cause I feel like that’s pretty tall.

You should always be dedicated and know that, if you strive to do something, you can achieve it.

Ms. Oprah Winfrey gave me some advice to just always stay in the moment, and don’t waste energy on negative things, and put your energy into positive things in your life. I just try to remember that every day and keep on going.

Nothing’s impossible, because in the word ‘impossible,’ it says, ‘I’m possible.’ Always know that no matter what, you can always do it, and don’t let anybody tell you differently.

Representing young black girls and giving them hope and the light and letting them know that they can do anything is important to me as a little black girl, too.

I just try to take a positive approach with my social media, with my Instagram. I just want people who go to my page to kinda feel inspired.

When you’re acting, you can try your own ideas and be free.

My mom – she doesn’t care if I stop acting tomorrow; she just wants the best for me.

I feel like I’m a really artsy person. I love to tie-dye shirts and bake and just do nerdy and fun stuff.

I feel like it’s important for young African-American girls – and all people – to read books that tell our stories and watch movies that tell our stories and do the research on our own, too, because sometimes that’s not being told, and we’re not being seen and shown.