73 Questions With Yara Shahidi | Vogue

yara shahidi i am so happy to be here in sunny la asking you 73 questions i'm happy to have you come on in okay let's start things off with a quick check-in yeah how you feeling today i'm pretty good and other than this interview what was the best part of your day so far uh my morning cup of tea because i have it every morning cup of sedath nice and to be honest how many times did you hit the snooze button this morning only two times which is like an all-time minimum for me very good job who was the first person you spoke to my brother i accidentally woke him up this morning oh no do you book end your day with news still or has that changed recently i had to change it because i was getting nightmares it's pretty understandable uh what are some other rituals included in your day to day uh yeah okay so rituals start the day of course of tea i love listening to podcasts i try and write every night and then uh as you can see this is my handy dandy record collection there you go i love listening to music i literally listen to music every moment of the day good well this music has some good vibes this is just something chill it's a compilation record would you say that you're more into the lyrics or the music i'm so into both because first i just love the way it feels and the way it sounds and then i am a lyric analyzer can you describe your music taste in one word all over the place hyphenated one word you and i have something in common there so do you or do you not have a tattoo inspired by frank ocean okay so i have tattoos because of frank ocean but they're all inspired by different things it's just in chanel he says hide my tattoos in shibuya i heard that i was 16 hadn't had tattoos yet and so when i got tattoos i was like when i go to shibuya now i have something to hide well i hope you can get there soon and you said he's inspired your work right can you tell me how in so many ways his artistry and his work ethic but also i'd have to say his music is so rife with like cultural references whether it be carrie james marshall or somebody else that it's often times like an entry point to learn about other artists okay so you love music and i can see that you love books yes 2020 is definitely the year of reading books uh how would you describe your reading regimen uh i probably read like four for work in school a month and then one for pleasure so like five and i love to annotate my book so i'm always rereading them would you say that any of these books are your favorite uh this is actually a book inspired by my favorite book a book inspired by a book so what is this book this is the fire next time by james baldwin it's a photo book it's completely beautiful so you've been in the biz since you were six weeks old yeah can you tell me more about that um i started in printing commercials with my bubba who's a dp my mother who's a commercial actress and my brothers and it was really just like a fun family affair didn't take me out of school or any of my other passions and i still love commercials to this day and then you started blackish at age 14. did you find it hard growing up in the public eye it's definitely different but if there is any set to grow up on i'd have to say it's the blackish set everyone from our crew to our cast is so supportive and even with some of the hate that we got for covering topics like police brutality or politics uh we all have each other's back any hints on what zoe and her friends are going to be getting into in the next season of grown-ish okay i've already said i'm not the weakest link i cannot be the weakest link so all we know is that zoe has dropped out of school all right i'll let you off the hook on that one so what's been your proudest career moment or achievement this is so random but top of mind i'd have to say i was in cincinnati and this girl got out of her car to tell me that she took ap world history because of me and as a nerd that is like the highest level of compliment one can receive there you go see you're having an impact on people's lives now in a few months you have something big to celebrate you are going to be 21 in february how are you going to mark the occasion at home with my family i'm such a homebody what would you say is the hardest part of adulting for you that it's all the time it is all the time what's the most fun part uh continuing to honor my desires and passions what is one thing that still remains on your bucket list to start a think tank and i think that you are a black belt in karate did i read that i am okay what was the hardest skill to master in karate and can you please show me it just really takes a level of discipline there's not too many moves i can do in this uh shirt but i'd have to say like we had to learn korean for every move that we learned but i think the one thing that i've taken away with it that's helped in like every life skill is just balance because from a balanced center you can do anything you definitely make that look easy uh what is your take on the use of the gender specific term actor or actress well i think it's definitely based on one's preference but as we continue to expand our vocabulary to reflect everyone's just different gender presentations i think we'll have to expand those words too and i always love a good like gender-neutral thespian feels very official lesbian it does and you you once chose to opt out of a magazine photo shoot when you discover that there was a lack of diversity in the cast um how did it feel in that moment standing your ground like that it was totally uncomfortable and totally important moments like that actually happen way more often than you'd expect in this industry and it was an important kind of lesson to move through at that age of uh making sure that my voice and my values were front and center and everything that i do i agree that's important and how did you find the courage within yourself to to do that from my awesome support network of family because they're the like best hype men i know and you know what i'm learning to become more confident myself so um you do when fear sets in what pushes you to continue advocating for yourself and for others ah really it's because you know i try and come from a place of being thoughtful and so when i think that what i am caring about isn't that important i try and remind myself like that it is from a place of thoughtfulness and so there is a reason to pay attention to what i'm thinking about and to advocate yeah so for your next film you're headed to neverland as tinkerbell were you a fan of peter pan growing up uh i was because the tv was actually off monday through friday in our household and everything i watched was usually based on folklore of some kind from around the world so peter pan was one of the things that i watched all the time oh i watched it all the time too now tinkerbell flies so does this mean that they're gonna strap a harness on you and hoist you up in the air and make you fly too i actually don't know yet but i'm excited by the prospect of flying i'm gonna wanna go outside let's go outside let me help you with that thank you there you go get off your hands perfect okay got the cups they've been sanitized that's important now moving on are there any hidden talents that i might not know of i can fall asleep anywhere tornado concert anywhere those are real instances by the way well i'll believe it when i see it and that looks like cornhole it is are you any good at it well why don't you go find out oh that's a challenge that's a challenge accepted texting or calling i would say text i will watch a phone ring would you rather talk to animals or speak every language uh talk to animals i'm too nosy to speak every language puzzles or board games board games online or in person shopping online does pineapple belong on a pizza no i am lactose intolerant and allergic to pineapple ah don't do that now if i offer you immortality would you take it no not at all are ghosts real yes brief intermission while i put down this picture of iced tea yara do you have a nickname too many to count actually would you say that you're good at keeping secrets i am but you would not know that you are you ready for a game of cornhole i am okay i'm gonna ask you a few questions as we go you want to go first yeah let me see what i got okay here we go kind of nervous go for it drum roll you got it in yes so the first time you've gotten in on the first try ah i've gotten it before but it's few and far between quite honestly all right i'm gonna give it a shot here we go no you're so so close yara a life lesson you learn from your parents at a young age was abundance must flow yeah can you elaborate on that i got the hole in one that's what's important it really came from when my brother and i started earning money from working at a young age they sat us down okay so close that basically together counts as a hole-in-one if you say and they had three jars one for saving one for spending but the most important one was for donating because their basic premise that we live by is that in order to receive you must constantly be giving that's really beautiful and your dad was prince's photographer yeah when was the moment growing up that you realized the significance of that when we moved to l.a you know i've always felt his impact personally but to see how many people around the nation around the globe uh were inspired by him as surreal and is it true that he rented an entire movie theater so that people could come see your first movie imagine that true i cannot believe it to this day how did that make you feel just really supported and your mom is also your business partner right now yes how do you balance your mother-daughter relationship oh it's so easy because we're legit the same person so the perfect person to be in business with because we hold each other to our values and what's important and our goals and we always take being mother and daughter first so cool now who do you think you inherited your work ethic from both of my parents are very focused so both of them and you're a family of pranksters right here i am we are and your mom once hid under your bed and grab your ankles did you ever get her back for it i'm sure i have i just don't remember but the most recent one is that we got my brother we did a haunted house this halloween oh that's so much fun now what's the rest of your day looking like uh i just have a couple zoom meetings you know the ones where you like only get dressed from here up aka every zoo meeting ever yes now the clothes we wear say a lot about our identity what do you want your fashion choices to say about you my fashion helps me take up space i'm a young person always in new environments and so i use wearing loud clothes to just feel more present quite honestly how would you describe your style evolution can you take me on a tour of your phases yeah oh it started with only high top sneakers and skirts when i was little and then i switched to super preppy um i would only wear let me think plaid skirts and long knee socks and oxfords and now i wear loud prints like this or blazers or really a monochrome tracksuit nothing in between them looks cool and is there a favorite item in your closet or are any of them here i actually pulled one of them out um these are a pair of jeans just a regular pair of jeans that we customize with a little yellow my favorite color and most importantly it says vote on the bottom fully support that now who or what is most influential when it comes to your personal style oh my mother and my middle brother syed we all wear the same clothes so we go through fashion phases together do you have any fashion regrets none lucky you and what's a staple you think everyone should have in their closet a white tank top preferably taken from your brother's room ooh a stolen staple yeah do you have a favorite outfit of zoe's in blackish or grown-ish that's so hard michelle cole kills it but i'd have to say most recently our homage to aaliyah in zoe's 21st birthday party one of my favorites now do you want something to drink we have that iced tea i've been waiting for you to ask okay all right so how would you define beauty i try and undefine it which may sound super broad but that's the point because everything is to be beautiful all right now taking it back to the sun is also a star do you believe in love at first sight i do because that's how my parents met they locked eyes and what about fate yeah a nice little mix of fate and free will cheers to that yes cheers there you go now yeah what's your take on the multiverse in alternate realities do you think that we get to live multiple lives i do um i do so so would that mean that there could be endless versions of you there could be and i'm so glad we're on different planets because one yara is enough how would you describe the alternate version of you in another universe uh a professional jet ski writer which is like the first thing i wanted to be when i was little i was not expecting that answer and what's your biggest fear biggest fear heights and what do you do to get out of a funk listen to music yep and what would you say is your biggest pet peeve uh booths i hate restaurant booths that is so specific what do you want to be remembered for i try and think of impact over legacy so i don't quite know that's fair all right you are a few more questions what is your favorite shade song king of sorrow and what would you say is your favorite place to be in the entire world or the entire universe uh i'm doing blanket for napping my favorite spot my go-to spot you said your hidden talent was napping what a coincidence what a coincidence what a coincidence and that's a great transition to the last question question number 73 for an insomniac like me can you please give me some tips on how to fall asleep properly yeah i have so many tips uh sleep meditations um don't be on your phone past 30 minutes a great pillow like you find your pillow a weighted blanket tea great tea chamomile yup and other things and other things no you just yes yeah

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Length: 14min 21sec (861 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 25 2020