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I don't know any teenager with a positive attitude.
I don't fixate on other people's opinions of my body.
My beauty is dark chocolate and it's delicious and it's sweet.
I hate yoga so much. Like, if yoga was a person, I'd stab them.
I show up because I’m an asshole, and I want to have a good time.
Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.
If you're writing on your own, each character is just you. It's just you.
If they hadn’t tried to break me down, I wouldn’t know that I’m unbreakable.
I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.
It's like prom night for Hollywood. I'm really proud of myself for being here.
I'm just a girl from Harlem who ended up in the right place at the right time.
I try to stay off the Internet. Just because people hurt my feelings sometimes.
I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.
One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
I love the way I look. I'm fine with it. And if my body changes, I'll be fine with that.
I have a birthmark on the inside of my left knee that resembles an upside-down sea horse.
I like when red carpets are over. I hate red carpets in general. I don't understand them.
I have a nice smile, pretty lips, and big round cheeks. They help me look like a teenager.
While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.
Plenty of times, I haven't been able to wear certain clothes because they didn't come in my size.
One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl.
I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!
When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
The reason why America was built is so that we would have the ability to choose who we pray to, whether we do or don't.
I don't think my brand of self-confidence and self-assuredness can come from an outside source. It's got to come from me.
I live my life because I dare. I dare to show up when everyone else might hide their faces and hide their bodies in shame.
The thing about Precious, she's so far from a Hollywood character. She's so honest and real, I definitely felt like I knew her.
My goal was just to live a good life that I was happy with. And I wasn't exactly sure that that meant being the star of a movie.
Personally, it’s rude. You got three kids with the lady, she just did 17 years for you and you’re not gonna leave your...whatever!
Mo'Nique is so full of love. I've been describing her as the tree in 'Pocahontas.' She's so wise and loving. She is just everything.
I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.
I can't go to sleep unless I've watched at least two episodes of American Dad on Hulu or iTunes. It just feels familiar. It's like a lullaby.
I hate Twitter. I think it's disgusting. It's ridiculous that you as a stranger can type something to me, and I see it. Technology has gone too far.
I am the only consistent person in my life and so I better like myself, and I better love myself. And I really better know that I'm as beautiful as anyone else.
I really want people to know that I am a normal girl. I'm not a superhero now. I'm not some sort of celebrity that doesn't have feelings. I'm very, very normal.
I wanted to be a psychologist. You know, I thought that's what I'd be doing and it just goes to show you that, if you tell God your plans, He will laugh in your face.
Somebody was, like, what's your favorite thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter. And they're like what's the worst thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter.
I was born to stand out. I don't care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That's not why I became an actor. I know that more and more with each new role.
Precious, she gets hit by life so many different ways and so many times, but she doesn't yield to it. She continues to get up and she continues to struggle for a better life.
I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.
My Plan A was to be a psychologist. I thought I would be a receptionist. I'm always middle of the road and very normal. I've always wanted a normal life, and this is what I got.
One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body. I got tired of hating myself.
I complain about my life. I used to complain about boys or not being able to drive or failing a test. Now I complain about boys, not being able to drive, and leaving home so much.
I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.
Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood.
Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that.
I'm really, really happy with what I do for a living. I mean, that's what I consider work, like being on set, bringing a character to life and, you know, working with other actors and directors and stuff.
To pray to this God or that God or this religion and that religion or no religion at all, that's the reason why we built America. And that is still very much what we do in this country unless you're brown.
Most of my life, I wanted to be a therapist, but then I just decided that I didn't want to be in charge of giving people advice. I want to know everything there is to know about psychology. But a therapist? No.