Gabourey Sidibe

When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it…

— Gabourey Sidibe

People always ask me, 'You have so much confidence. Where did that come from?'. It came from me. One day I decided…

— Gabourey Sidibe

Precious, she gets hit by life so many different ways and so many times, but she doesn't yield to it. She continues…

— Gabourey Sidibe

I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about…

— Gabourey Sidibe

I hate Twitter. I think it's disgusting. It's ridiculous that you as a stranger can type something to me, and I see…

— Gabourey Sidibe

“But at the time I thought that if I could just get the world to see me the way I saw myself…

— Gabourey Sidibe

All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made…

— Gabourey Sidibe

I like when red carpets are over. I hate red carpets in general. I don't understand them.

— Gabourey Sidibe

All we need to do is pay attention to ourselves and pay attention when somebody gives you a compliment based on something…

— Gabourey Sidibe

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

The best thing about having my very first audition lead me to an Oscar nomination means that I don't have to struggle…

— Gabourey Sidibe

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

Mo'Nique is so full of love. I've been describing her as the tree in 'Pocahontas.' She's so wise and loving. She is…

— Gabourey Sidibe

It doesn't have anything to do with how the world perceives you. What matters is what you see.

— Gabourey Sidibe

Acting is acting, and who you are will still remain to be who you are. You know, that part won't change it.…

— Gabourey Sidibe

“Perhaps I had to change my idea of what an insult sounds like.”

— Gabourey Sidibe

“Fuck Twitter yo. I hate Twitter. I love Twitter. I need it to get through a day, but it is also systematically…

— Gabourey Sidibe

When I was listening in on the phone call where Andre Leon Talley was saying that he was going to get my…

— Gabourey Sidibe

I complain about my life. I used to complain about boys or not being able to drive or failing a test. Now…

— Gabourey Sidibe

“The best thing to do with those opinions is to ignore them and listen to my own. I could lose weight. That…

— Gabourey Sidibe

“I refuse to be anyone’s survivor because I prefer to think of myself as a winner.”

— Gabourey Sidibe

“I felt offended. So offended that I planned to ignore for the next few weeks the "friends" who'd sent me those pictures.…

— Gabourey Sidibe

I live my life because I dare. I dare to show up when everyone else might hide their faces and hide their…

— Gabourey Sidibe

“But fame isn’t what gets me out of bed in the morning. It’s purpose.”

— Gabourey Sidibe

Personally, it’s rude. You got three kids with the lady, she just did 17 years for you and you’re not gonna leave…

— Gabourey Sidibe