She
is ranked among the greatest Hollywood actresses after winning an Oscar
last year for her harrowing role in 12 Years A Slave. the 32-year-old has talked about dealing with the
scrutiny that comes with fame. Speaking with ELLE UK’s Kenya Hunt, she said: ‘I don't think being conspicuous is a state we’re supposed to live in, or at least not permanently.
She continues;
‘I
wish there was a dial we could turn up and down. And in a sense I can,
by making very deliberate choices about what I do and when and how, and
with whom.’
‘If you turn on the television and you are not represented on that television, you become invisible to yourself,’ she explained.
‘And
there was very little of myself that I saw on TV, or in the movies that
I was watching, or in magazines that were lying around the salons or
around the house. And so these are subconscious things.
‘Yes,
Western beauty standards are things that affect the entire world. And
then what happens? You’re a society that doesn’t value darker skin.’
The
Oscar winner also recalled a moment from when she was growing up as a
child in Mexico, by revealing: ‘[Living in Mexico as a child] people
would stop and take pictures of us just because we were black.’ ‘It
was a time during that tricky adolescent phase when you’re coming into
yourself and you’re trying to pave your own way but you’re insecure
about where you lie. It devastated me.’
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