Words matter. These are the best Yara Shahidi Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I was in Minnesota, where I was born, and I did print ads and commercials. And that was always cool ’cause when you’re little, you can only work two hours a day, and it changes.
On a personal level, I think dressing is such a form of expression, and when you do events, it’s important to feel as though you are authentically yourself.
Personally, getting into college was a big deal because I realized it’s probably one of the only things I’ve fully planned. The rest of my life has been, for the most part, a nice little happy accident. I’m glad that it happened this way, but it’s nonetheless unintentional.
Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I’ve been exempt from a lot of the mean comments.
‘First Family’ on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.
Personally, I love denim… denim pants, a shirt, denim jacket – I’m good.
I’m double majoring in social studies – which is sociology, anthropology, economics, and philosophy – and African-American studies.
What modeling taught me at a young age was how to say ‘no,’ which is something girls – we’re not always good at saying ‘no.’ We want to be nice, and then we forget to look out for ourselves.
When you are in the public eye as a person of color, you are given very little room to mess up.
I have the support of my parents and my teachers. They made it very possible for me to go to a school that is open and supportive of me being gone at times and pursuing acting. But school always comes first for me.
Fashion is one of those places in which, when you’re wearing something that feels like a representation of you, it does create, in a matter of speaking, a space for you to exist. Even if it’s just in a two-inch radius of where you are. It’s a walking, personalized area in which you can live.
I go on and off home-school and regular school, but the kids don’t treat me any differently because they’ve all known me forever.
I’ve been shy twice. Once when I saw Matthew Bomer and once when I saw Adam Levine. I couldn’t say anything, literally.
Scenes change all the time. Scenes will change while you’re shooting them, and you just have to roll with it ’cause that’s what makes it funny. It’s not being stuck in your character and how you’re gonna do something, but to react to other people and to really have a real-life conversation.
One thing I’ve always been concerned about is the objectification of women in ads, and that’s one thing where I was like, ‘Well, if I become a part of advertising, I could change that.’
I really love hip hop. My cousin Nas came out with an album ‘Life Is Good,’ and I love that album, but I also love Maroon 5.
I have so many pairs of oxfords; it’s ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
If you look at the history of art and fashion, it’s always been political. It’s always been pushing boundaries.
I feel comfortable putting my political stances out there without feeling as though I am filling some sort of quota. I don’t have a wokeness quota for the day.
Being homeschooled for half of my life allowed me to choose my own curriculum and find things I really enjoy, and that’s kind of inspired me. I’ve always been intrigued in or interested in the topics I’ve been covering.
I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it’s really confusing.
I’ve always struggled with Hollywood feeling trivial. Red carpets aren’t worth it.
I remember my first actual intense breakout was when I was 13, and I no clue what to do because I hadn’t dealt with anything in that large of a scale ever before.
My friends always laugh because I’m the kind of person who bought the Brooks Brothers school skirt, even though it’s not my school’s uniform skirt, but just because I liked it. I’m a knee-high socks kind of person.
Having life experiences outside of acting is something my family has always made sure happens.
