Gabourey Sidibe Quotes

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

If they hadn’t tried to break me down, I wouldn’t know that I’m unbreakable.

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

I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.

I don't know any teenager with a positive attitude.

I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.

My beauty is dark chocolate and it's delicious and it's sweet.

One day I decided that I was beautiful, and so I carried out my life as if I was a beautiful girl.

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

One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body. I got tired of hating myself.

I was born to stand out. I don't care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That's not why I became an actor. I know that more and more with each new role.

My Plan A was to be a psychologist. I thought I would be a receptionist. I'm always middle of the road and very normal. I've always wanted a normal life, and this is what I got.

Your body is your temple, it's your home, and you must decorate it.

I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.

I love the way I look. I'm fine with it. And if my body changes, I'll be fine with that.

I have a birthmark on the inside of my left knee that resembles an upside-down sea horse.

I complain about my life. I used to complain about boys or not being able to drive or failing a test. Now I complain about boys, not being able to drive, and leaving home so much.

I don't think my brand of self-confidence and self-assuredness can come from an outside source. It's got to come from me.

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

It's like prom night for Hollywood. I'm really proud of myself for being here.

I have a nice smile, pretty lips, and big round cheeks. They help me look like a teenager.

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 has gone too far.

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

I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.

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 doesn't have feelings. I'm very, very normal.

I wanted to be a psychologist. You know, I thought that's what I'd be doing and it just goes to show you that, if you tell God your plans, He will laugh in your face.

I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.

Hollywood, that whole industry, is a lot like a really small town. You bump into the same people all the time. I think Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon can be played with anyone and everyone in Hollywood.

I can't go to sleep unless I've watched at least two episodes of American Dad on Hulu or iTunes. It just feels familiar. It's like a lullaby.

Plenty of times, I haven't been able to wear certain clothes because they didn't come in my size.

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 just everything.

I try to stay off the Internet. Just because people hurt my feelings sometimes.

The reason why America was built is so that we would have the ability to choose who we pray to, whether we do or don't.

My goal was just to live a good life that I was happy with. And I wasn't exactly sure that that meant being the star of a movie.

Somebody was, like, what's your favorite thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter. And they're like what's the worst thing about Twitter? And I was, like, Twitter.

If you're writing on your own, each character is just you. It's just you.

I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!

I hate yoga so much. Like, if yoga was a person, I'd stab them.

I don't fixate on other people's opinions of my body.

I am the only consistent person in my life and so I better like myself, and I better love myself. And I really better know that I'm as beautiful as anyone else.

But at the time I thought that if I could just get the world to see me the way I saw myself then my body wouldn't be the thing you walked away thinking about. I wouldn't be that fat girl.