Female empowerment really is important to me. I'm a big nerd of the books from the 15th Century and 16th Century, when the men had all the power and the women had none of it.

My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.'

No matter what you look like or think you look like, you're special and loved and perfect just the way you are.

There's a confidence you find when you finally feel right in your body.

I'm pretty smart with boys. I know how to handle them and I know what to do around them.

All I've ever wanted is to be normal.

I have two lovely parents who support everything I do, two siblings, and three beautiful nieces. My house is always filled with laughter and fun!

Young women grow up in a really negative world today online and in person.

I've always done pretty well in auditions. I just go in and give it my best shot.

We as women need to empower each other.

I want to continue to speak out on issues that matter to me. I want to have even more of a voice.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Look Below and You'll feel Rich, Look Above and You'll feel Poor

You always had it in you to create miracles, but you forgot that it required you to do the opposite of what you are doing now.

Goals are important but what you become to achieve goals is much more important.

I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose. And I chose those two. I think that’s what you’d call a silver lining.

There were many ways to lie without saying something that wasn't true. I was learning that the hard way.

But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause

All models are wrong, but some are useful.