If they hadn’t tried to break me down, I wouldn’t know that I’m unbreakable.

In the seventh grade, I was about to leave wearing a jumper, when my mom said she could see my panty line. So I just wore stockings. That day I broke my ankle, and the EMS cut my tights off. I got a full cast with no stockings on and no panties.

I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.

Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.

All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made up of things that other people say. I started making fun of them and imitating them and now that's how I speak.

When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.

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.