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“The thing about Precious, she's so far from a Hollywood character. She's so honest and real, I definitely felt like I knew her.”

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

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People always ask me, 'You have so much confidence. Where did that come from?'. It came from me. One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl. I wear colors that I really like, I wear makeup that makes me feel pretty, and it really helps. It…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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

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

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

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All we need to do is pay attention to ourselves and pay attention when somebody gives you a compliment based on something that you do naturally. Then that lets you know that that's your talent. I mean, talents come in so many different sizes, so many different colors, so many different ways.

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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…

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