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“Acting is acting, and who you are will still remain to be who you are. You know, that part won't change it. It will change your wallet, you know? It'll change your life. It will open opportunities for you, but it's not going to change your character.”

Character Opportunity Acting Who You Are Changing Your Life

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“I can't quite say that I was raised Muslim, but I remember up until 5 or so I would pray, you know, with my dad. And it's actually a beautiful practice. It's giving of yourself to a higher power - no matter what you call that higher power. Living your life as close to what you think that higher power wants you to be is a really powerful thing.”

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“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.”

Reason Ability Praying

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“To pray to this God or that God or this religion and that religion or no religion at all, that's the reason why we built America. And that is still very much what we do in this country unless you're brown.”

Country Reason Praying

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“People see everything through a filter of them, of their own selves. And it's like, you can't be depressed because somehow that has something to do with me. And it's like - no, it doesn't. This is my brain. This is my body. These are my emotions. It's got nothing to do with you. You don't want me to get help for whatever reason you don't want me to get help. But I'm out here, and I need to get help.”

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“I think you think that phone sex is about getting the caller off, but it's about keeping the caller on. It's about leading with your personality and making sure that they're still listening to you and that they're still interested in you because you cannot make money when they hang up.”

Thinking Listening Personality Making Money

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“Are you saying that I don't deserve love just because of the body I'm in? I wouldn't say that to you. That's horrible. I wouldn't do that to you. I deserve love. People like me deserve love because we are human.”

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“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.”

Worst Your Favorite

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

Writing Character

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“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.”

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“Just relax. When I was younger, I made myself the victim of catastrophic thinking. Anything that went wrong was the end of the world. But as I've gotten older, I've learned to stop myself and say, 'Hey babe, calm down. Tomorrow there will be sun.'”

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

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

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

World Matter Perfect Perceive What Matters

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

Ifs Persons Hate Yoga I Hate

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“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.”

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

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“If I hadn't been told I was garbage, I wouldn't have learned how to show people I'm talented. And if everyone had always laughed at my jokes, I wouldn't have figured out how to be so funny. If they hadn't told me I was ugly, I never would have searched for my beauty. And if they hadn't tried to break me down, I wouldn't know that I'm unbreakable.”

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

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

Dark Sweet Chocolate Delicious Dark Chocolate

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“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.”

Knows Persons Beautiful Consistent Love Myself

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“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!”

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“They try to paint the picture that I was this downtrodden, ugly girl who was unpopular in school and in life, and then I got this role and now I’m awesome. But the truth is that I’ve been awesome, and then I got this role.”

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“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.”

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“I show up because I’m an asshole, and I want to have a good time.”

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About the Author

Born: May 6, 1983
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 75

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