“I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!” PeopleBelieveI CanTongueFlip Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I think people look at me and don't expect much. Even though, I expect a whole lot.” PeopleThinkingLooksWholeLook At Me Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made up of things that other people say. I started making fun of them and imitating them and now that's how I speak.” PeopleWayMadeSpeakFunVocabularyImitating Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“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.” PeopleThinkingWholeIndustryDegreesSixHollywoodTownsSmall TownBumpsKevin Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“Representation is very important to everyone, but especially to girls like me, and people like me, whether it be because of my body, because of my race, because of my skin color, because of my awkwardness or where I come from.” PeopleImportantBodyGirlRaceColorSkinsLike MeRepresentationAwkwardnessSkin Color Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“Most of my life, I wanted to be a therapist, but then I just decided that I didn't want to be in charge of giving people advice. I want to know everything there is to know about psychology. But a therapist? No.” PeopleKnowsWantGivingWantedPsychologyAdviceDecidedTherapists Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I try to stay off the Internet. Just because people hurt my feelings sometimes.” PeopleTryingSometimesFeelingsHurtInternetHurt My Feelings Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I would like to continue acting. I tell people I can't go back to real life. I have to see how far I can go with it. I am serious about it, and I believe that it's my calling. I think it's what my life's path is. It's what God has given me. It's what I was born to do. And so I must do it.” PeopleThinkingBelieveI CanRealGivenI BelieveBornActingPathSeriousCallingReal Life Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I've always wanted a normal life, and this is what I got. Being an actress wasn't a plan at all, so what's happened to me is very strange. Life isn't very normal, even though I'm still very much a normal girl. I ride the subway, I ride the bus, and all of that. It's the people around me that have changed. I love when I go to a restaurant and I walk past, and everyone waves. That's always really funny. It's strange. It just goes to show that whatever plan you have for your life, you are wrong, a lot of times.” PeopleStillsShowsWantedPastGirlWalksPlansHappenedChangedStrangeNormalWaveActressesRestaurantsBusSubwayNormal Life Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“People want to know everyone for a lot of different reasons. It doesn't have to be anything as big as an Oscar nomination. It could be a brand new job. People see their opportunity. And, when you're winning, everyone loves a winner.” PeopleKnowsWantDifferentReasonBigsJobsOpportunityWinningBrandsWinnerOscarsOne LoveBrand NewNominationsNew Job Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“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.” PeopleKnowsWantFeelingsGirlNormalSuperhero Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up.” PeopleYearsBookShowsRealityGirlGivenFeltResponsibilitySituationRolesHuge Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I knew this girl. I felt like I'd grown up alongside her. I felt like she was in my family. She was my friend and she was like people I didn't want to be friends with.” PeopleWantWellsBookBigsGirlFeltFansHugeMy FriendsMy FamilyThis Girl Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“When I was listening in on the phone call where Andre Leon Talley was saying that he was going to get my fat, black ass on the cover of a magazine. I think that - you know, Andre Leon Talley is fat and black. And it hurt my feelings. It hurt my feelings. But it also was a lesson in this is what they think, and this is what they will always think. And there's no way of being too talented or too pretty or too confident around it. People will still have their opinions.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsBlackHurtOpinionListeningAssIt Hurts Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“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.” PeopleReasonHelpingEmotionBrainLike YouWant Me Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“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.” PeopleLove IsDeserveHorrible Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“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.” PeopleMatterBodyHateBeautyOne DayNo Matter WhatTiredBody ImageBeautiful BodyBody Confidence Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“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.” PeopleIfsWorldFeelsMatterHelpingBeautifulGirlAsksPowerfulColorOne DayDecidedAsk MePerceiveMakeupWhat MattersBeautiful Girl Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“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.” PeopleIfsKnowsShowsMotivationalWould BeFunnyBeautyBreakLearningTalentJokesUglyLaughedBreaking DownGarbageUglinessUnbreakable Author:Gabourey Sidibe
“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.” PeopleKnowsCareActorsBornRolesDon't CareScreensI Don't CareAttractiveStanding OutFind MeBorn To Stand Out Author:Gabourey Sidibe
