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 show up because I’m an asshole, and I want to have a good time.

Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.

I think you think that phone sex is about getting the caller off, but it's about keeping the caller on. It's about leading with your personality and making sure that they're still listening to you and that they're still interested in you because you cannot make money when they hang up.

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.

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

I don't know any teenager with a positive attitude.