I lived just outside of L.A. for a long time. My dad was in the military, so I moved a lot. Kiersey Clemons More Quotes by Kiersey Clemons More Quotes From Kiersey Clemons I genuinely think that I look better with no hair, and I feel sexier. Kiersey Clemons feellookthinkhair I find that I'm much more of a healer than I am anything else. Kiersey Clemons findi-amanythingmore Hollywood makes stuff that people absorb, and it lingers in your subconscious. Kiersey Clemons yoursubconscioushollywoodpeople I don't think people realize why weaves and the cultural appropriation of black hairstyles are so sensitive. It's deep-rooted. For me, it goes back to high school: I wanted to have the long, flowing hair. So I got a weave. But then I didn't want guys to put their fingers in it - you don't want them to feel your weave. Kiersey Clemons meyoublackpeople 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. Kiersey Clemons trylookgrowing-uphair 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. Kiersey Clemons meloverelationshiplong 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.' Kiersey Clemons realizethoughtenoughpeople I don't consider myself to be an extraordinary person. Kiersey Clemons considerpersonmyselfextraordinary 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. Kiersey Clemons dayyouagelife Activism and art do go hand in hand, but I am an artist and an 'artivist' within that. Kiersey Clemons i-amgoartistart 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. Kiersey Clemons liemeyouspeak
