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.

One of my favorite - well, my favorite, favorite, absolute favorite event to go to is Alfre Woodard has a party that I call the blacktress party. It's, like, black actresses that either have been nominated for an Oscar or should have been, and it sort of is just a night where we all get in a room and we get to celebrate each other.

I love the way I look. I'm fine with it. And if my body changes, I'll be fine with that.

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 like when red carpets are over. I hate red carpets in general. I don't understand them.

I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up.

Plenty of times, I haven't been able to wear certain clothes because they didn't come in my size.