I try to stay off the Internet. Just because people hurt my feelings sometimes.

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.

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

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.

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.

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