I hate yoga so much. Like, if yoga was a person, I'd stab them.

It's like prom night for Hollywood. I'm really proud of myself for being here.

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.

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.

If you're writing on your own, each character is just you. It's just you.

I can't quite say that I was raised Muslim, but I remember up until 5 or so I would pray, you know, with my dad. And it's actually a beautiful practice. It's giving of yourself to a higher power - no matter what you call that higher power. Living your life as close to what you think that higher power wants you to be is a really powerful thing.