Los Angeles, April 1 (IANS): Actress Lupita Nyong'o says she expected her life to go back to normal after she won the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in “12 Years A Slave”.

The 32-year-old, who graced the cover of the May 2015 issue of Britain's Harper's Bazaar magazine, shared how living in showbiz has made her lose the normal sense, reports eonline.com.

“You know, I thought it would come to an end after the Oscars. I thought the Oscars would come and go, and then all of a sudden everything would be back to normal and I'd be back in my apartment," Nyong'o said.

“You know what kept me sane? Not knowing. Having never really experienced that before... because this was new territory I had no normal... I had no sense of what was normal in that world. It was all new. I don't think (I would attend that many events again). Not to that extent,” she added.

Though being under the microscope isn't Nyong'o's favourite thing about showbiz, she still loves the acting part because she's fine with a certain amount of discomfort.

“I enjoy learning new things. I enjoy being uncomfortable for some reason. It's more interesting, more challenging… That's why I'm an actor. Because there's nothing comfortable about being an actor. You're always out on a ledge, you know?"