Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Quvenzhane Wallis

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Quvenzhane Wallis.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Quvenzhane Wallis

Quvenzhané Wallis is an American actress and author. In 2012, she starred as Hushpuppy in the drama film Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the youngest actress ever to be nominated in the category, as well as the first person born in the 21st century nominated for an Oscar, She also starred as Annie Bennett in the 2014 adaptation of Annie, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

I get to meet different directors and different people.
I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.
If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce. — © Quvenzhane Wallis
If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.
If you are a 5-year-old, you just go ahead and try something. You don't think about it. You are just a little kid.
It's kind of good to do things while you're young.
My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.
I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.
I loved experiencing city life in New York.
Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.
I love penguins.
When I need to cry, I think of very sad things, mostly about animals.
It was really fun working with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on set.
I want to just be what kids believe in.
I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.
I would read all day if I could.
The thing that 'Annie' means to me is that it is good to always be strong, and if you have a goal, go for it, and if there is something in your way, just go around and find your path again, and go for your goal.
I just keep doing what I'm doing and don't ever give up.
Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!
I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.
I envision the script as a story in my mind, memorize the entire thing and have it play out. It helps me figure out where my character needs to go.
I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from Poochie and Company.
As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
Nothing else matters except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun.
Of course, when strangers see me, they're star-struck because of who I am, but my friends take me as a friend because I'm their friend - not because I'm a movie star.
I love all the Pixar movies, and I like 'Happy Feet Two.' 'Cause it has a lot of babies. — © Quvenzhane Wallis
I love all the Pixar movies, and I like 'Happy Feet Two.' 'Cause it has a lot of babies.
I want to meet everybody on 'Disney Channel' and 'Disney XD' that are alive.
My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.
[Answering the question 'If you had caused the end of the world, what would you do?'] I would try to fix it. I would go to bed on time and brush my teeth.
It's not good to assume what your kid wants. It's not good to push them in their own way. It's not good to make them do something you wanted to do but didn't have the chance to. You should listen to what your kids are saying, and let them live, and let them be themselves.
Nothing else matters, except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun.
Everybody loses the thing that made them.
I can't wait to ride my electric scooter, walk my dog, watch TV, be bored … and I'm gonna put [my Oscar] in my hand and kiss it every night before I go to sleep.
Brave men don’t learn from their home.
Um, I don't know, really [about my future.]
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