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My dad’s a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I’d end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

Meghan Markle

My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I’m half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Father Illumination Myself Paint White
I had always been the theater nerd at Northwestern University. I knew I wanted to do acting, but I hated the idea of being this cliche – a girl from L.A. who decides to be an actress.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Decision Education Hate Idea Myself University
While my life shifts from refugee camps to red carpets, I choose them both because these worlds can, in fact, coexist. And for me, they must.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Camp Choice Existence Fact Life Myself World
I think the biggest part of being a girl boss in the office, at home, or anywhere you go is just knowing your value.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Home Myself Office Thinking Value
People don’t need to feel scared about a leather pant. Think of it as a jean alternative: it’s the same thing. It’s almost like they’re your yoga pants, but they look chic.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Appearance Fashion Feeling Myself People Scare
It was the late ’70s when my parents met. My dad was a lighting director for a soap opera, and my mom was a temp at the studio. They moved into a house in The Valley in L.A., to a neighborhood that was leafy and affordable.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Affordable Father Home Parents
I think so much of what we learn when we get older is being comfortable in our own skin and learning what looks good, and not being so trend-centric.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Appearance Comfortable Learning Myself Old Thinking
With fame comes opportunity, but in my opinion, it also includes responsibility – to advocate and share, to focus less on glass slippers and more on pushing through glass ceilings and, if I’m lucky enough, then to inspire.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Enough Fame Inspirational Luck Myself Opportunity Share
Curl the lashes, concealer under the eyes, blush, ChapStick, and highlight in the inner corner of the eye.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Eyes Fashion Make Up
My mother was a free-spirited clinical therapist, and I had the most hard-working father, a television lighting director by trade. My mum raised me to be a global citizen, with eyes open to sometimes harsh realities.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Citizenship Freedom Mom Myself Reality Therapy
My God, I think about way back in the day when we were running around in Mary Janes and Doc Martens, that whole 90210-inspired look. I’m glad that’s long gone.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Appearance Day Fashion God Myself Run Thinking
Be kind to yourself.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Kindness Myself One Liner
Growing up in Los Angeles, obviously it’s a really fashionable city, but it has a really relaxed quality to it as well. So, my fashion education came while working on ‘Suits’.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Education Fashion Place Quality Work
Put on a sweater and really great sneakers with a big scarf, and you’ll look so stylish. For me, they are an everyday essential.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Appearance Big Day Essential Greatness Myself Style
I’m an actress, a writer, the editor-in-chief of my lifestyle brand ‘The Tig’, a pretty good cook, and a firm believer in handwritten notes.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Believe Lifestyle Notes Writing
I love getting into people’s brains and understanding the creative impetus for something.
MEGHAN MARKLE

Brain Creativity Myself People Understand

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