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" I used to be a pop singer; well, not used to be. I am an R&B singer. My emphasis was on Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan and Aretha Franklin. "

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" If someone puts a character in front of me - no matter what it is, whether there has been a film or not - I want to be that character, not imitate it. There's a difference - a big difference. "

" Stevie Wonder was a big influence in my life. "

" The parts that I get to play are not based around the European beauty standards: They're more about character, and I love that. "

" If anybody says they're not afraid of themselves, they're lying! "

" I've always been afraid of who I am and not knowing what I can do. "

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" To be honest, being a fat girl, when people are telling you you need to eat, it's the biggest thrill of your life. "

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" There's always doubt and fear. If you're a human being, everybody's got it. "

" I used to not walk out the door; I was so afraid. Everything from, 'You shouldn't be here,' down to, 'Girl, don't wear those pants.' I was so sad. I tried my best to not even look in a mirror! "

" As a human being, you find a way to survive, moment by moment, every single day of your life. "

" As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people. "

" I wake up in the morning, and I look in a mirror, and I go, 'Is this really all I got? Is this all the universe has given me?' "

" No one can bully me better than me. I'm the first person to the party going, 'Don't worry - you don't have to cut me down, 'cause I'm already there.' I struggled with all those voices and gave them so much power, to the point where they took over my life. "

" I have a lot of cultures within me - I'm basically chop suey. "

" No one was created to be alone. "

" I was never one of those actors who believed, 'I'm so gonna be an ingenue.' I already knew that wasn't gonna happen, and I decided not to torture myself with it. "

" I love people that go the distance. I hate things that are lukewarm. They've got to be one way or the other and go all the way. "

" There is a struggle when you do represent so many countries within you, but that makes you who you are. "

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" I was born and raised in Hawaii. "

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" It doesn't matter if you're a Victoria's Secret model or you're someone's 90-year-old grandma or you're a little kid who's getting bullied or you're that kid's bully - everybody feels like there's something going on that's more correct than what is. We all have to reach out to one another in that fear, and we'd be surprised to hear, 'Me, too.' "

" Women put ourselves through so much. Really, everybody does; it's not a gendered thing. I think all of us are always gonna be tortured by some sense of inadequacy, no matter what. I don't know if there's a way to tell people not do this to themselves. "