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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.

~Danai Gurira

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A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.

~Danai Gurira

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We are used to women's narratives being defined through the male perspective. I challenge that as a concept.

~Danai Gurira

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I've always been attracted to action stuff.

~Danai Gurira

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I've always been extremely physically active.

~Danai Gurira

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I'm not only a person of color, I'm also a woman. And I'm not only a woman, I'm also a woman from the Third World. All those elements put together means I have a lot to do.

~Danai Gurira

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I was in a very multi-racial, multi-cultural schooling system. I had a really delightful childhood. I was a jock. I became a very competitive swimmer in Zimbabwe. I was a swimmer, a tennis player, a hockey player. Then, when I was 13, I joined a Children's Performing Arts workshop in Zimbabwe.

~Danai Gurira

Topics: Arts Became Childhood Children Competitive Delightful Had Hockey Hockey Player Jock Joined Performing Performing Arts Player Really Schooling Swimmer System Tennis Tennis Player Then Very Workshop Zimbabwe

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I never consider myself a minority. I see people who look like me in Barbados, in Trinidad, in Haiti, in London, and in Brooklyn. So I don't know what the heck anyone means when they call me a 'minority.' There's something about that word to me. It just minimalizes people.

~Danai Gurira

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I work with writers whom I believe to be true storytellers. And because I'm a writer, I pay very keen attention to their vision. I find that so fueling creatively because, in telling those stories, you use everything you've got. You come away with battle scars. It's gratifying and invigorating.

~Danai Gurira

Topics: Attention Away Battle Be True Because Believe Come Creatively Everything Find Got Gratifying Keen Pay Scars Stories Storytellers Telling Those True Use Very Vision Whom Work Writer Writers You I Believe

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I want women and girls of African descent and of color to be able to not have to keep searching for stories about themselves.

~Danai Gurira

Topics: Able About African Color Descent Girl Keep Searching Stories Themselves Want Women Women And Girls

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: February 14th, 1978

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