Author: Tessa Thompson

Quotes

Media truly has the power to create and shift culture.

Media truly has the power to create and shift culture.

- Tessa Thompson

I don't spend a lot of time contending with the fact that time is not endless.

I don't spend a lot of time contending with the fact that time is not endless.

- Tessa Thompson

There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others.

There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others.

- Tessa Thompson

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East.

I was born and raised in Los Angeles. I split my time between the West Coast and the East.

- Tessa Thompson

Cultural change always precedes political change.

Cultural change always precedes political change.

- Tessa Thompson

I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies.

I think we just need to have a demand for fresh and nuanced movies.

- Tessa Thompson

The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.

The truth is, no, we don't live in a post-racial state anywhere in America, and this is particularly true in Hollywood.

- Tessa Thompson

Fashion is a funny thing to talk about. I think what you wear is definitely an extension of you, but I also think it's totally arbitrary.

Fashion is a funny thing to talk about. I think what you wear is definitely an extension of you, but I also think it's totally arbitrary.

- Tessa Thompson

I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do.

I think I've realized that when you are aiming to create a real body of work, you are as much defined by the things you don't do as by the things you do.

- Tessa Thompson

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