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.

I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.

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

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.

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.

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.