Top 20 Lexi Underwood Quotes

Don’t be afraid to speak out about what you‘re passionate about because your voice matters and your voice can, at the end of the day, make a difference.

I had my own documentary that I filmed in D.C., which is where I’m from.

I love doing photo shoots and interviews. I never feel like I’m wasting my time or I never feel tired. It’s all just been fun.

I want to push that no matter what race you are, you’re never just a sidekick or broken character. You’re the main character, you’re the funny character, you can be whatever you want.

I went into the audition room with the mindset that ‘Little Fires‘ was going to be my last audition. I put my all into it, but I didn’t get my hopes up.

I remember the first time that my Nana introduced me to Eartha Kitt. Seeing a fierce Black woman on screen being unapologetically confident – just her essence that she had was so captivating.

I go to sleep super late and then I wake up super late. It’s something that I need to stop doing.

Music is a big part of my sleep routine. I listen to peaceful and calming music every night, and have my go-to playlists and albums I play at night.

Growing up, usually when I saw a black female on television, she was either a broken character or sidekick.

I’ve been meditating since February 2019, and it’s something I do every night.

Celeste Ng is such a gifted writer.

The first time that I ever experienced a microaggression was probably in kindergarten. It’s something that starts off from such a young age.

Every time I’m feeling anxious, I go to my little meditation corner in my room and write down whatever I’m feeling. If I’m feeling terrible, I write that I’m feeling terrible and I accept that and I keep going, but I’m not going to wallow in that moment.

A dream role of mine that I’m currently talking to some people about – I’m trying to get an Aaliyah biopic made, but a proper one, and see if we can get the family‘s permission and get all the rights to all the music.

In black and brown communities especially, mental health is not normalized. No one talks about that kind of thing.

I’ve always been taught to never wait for somebody to give me the opportunity, but to create opportunity for myself.

I’m not from L.A., I’m from D.C.

For me, growing up, one of my biggest fashion inspirations was Aaliyah.

Because when you have all white men in the writers‘ room trying to tell the perspective of cultural appropriation or what it’s like to be black or Asian in America and not necessarily knowing what it’s like, that’s when everything gets mixed up.

Young Black actresses were not necessarily given the space in Hollywood to fully see ourselves.