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.
-Quvenzhane Wallis
Nothing else matters, except that I have fun, and I’m still having fun.
-Quvenzhane Wallis
Everybody loses the thing that made them.
-Quvenzhane Wallis
Brave men don’t learn from their home.
-Quvenzhane Wallis
[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.
-Quvenzhane Wallis
Um, I don’t know, really [about my future.]
-Quvenzhane Wallis
I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.
-Quvenzhane Wallis
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.
-Quvenzhane Wallis
As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.
-Quvenzhane Wallis
I get to meet different directors and different people.
-Quvenzhane Wallis