People always ask me, 'You have so much confidence. Where did that come from?'. It came from me. One day I decided… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I really want people to know that I am a normal girl. I'm not a superhero now. I'm not some sort of… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Most of my life, I wanted to be a therapist, but then I just decided that I didn't want to be in… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
When I was listening in on the phone call where Andre Leon Talley was saying that he was going to get my… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I was born to stand out. I don't care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That's not why… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Representation is very important to everyone, but especially to girls like me, and people like me, whether it be because of my… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I try to stay off the Internet. Just because people hurt my feelings sometimes. — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
People see everything through a filter of them, of their own selves. And it's like, you can't be depressed because somehow that… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot. — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I would like to continue acting. I tell people I can't go back to real life. I have to see how far… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I've always wanted a normal life, and this is what I got. Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Are you saying that I don't deserve love just because of the body I'm in? I wouldn't say that to you. That's… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
People want to know everyone for a lot of different reasons. It doesn't have to be anything as big as an Oscar… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story. — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
If I hadn't been told I was garbage, I wouldn't have learned how to show people I'm talented. And if everyone had… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not! — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice. — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
People always ask me, 'You have so much confidence. Where did that come from?'. It came from me. One day I decided that I… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Precious, she gets hit by life so many different ways and so many times, but she doesn't yield to it. She continues to get… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
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… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I hate Twitter. I think it's disgusting. It's ridiculous that you as a stranger can type something to me, and I see it. Technology… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
“But at the time I thought that if I could just get the world to see me the way I saw myself then my… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made up of… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I like when red carpets are over. I hate red carpets in general. I don't understand them. — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
All we need to do is pay attention to ourselves and pay attention when somebody gives you a compliment based on something that you… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I really want people to know that I am a normal girl. I'm not a superhero now. I'm not some sort of celebrity that… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
The best thing about having my very first audition lead me to an Oscar nomination means that I don't have to struggle the rest… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
Most of my life, I wanted to be a therapist, but then I just decided that I didn't want to be in charge of… — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
