It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.

I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.

I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.

The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

There are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.