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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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I'm obsessed with cooking! I want a degree in the culinary arts!
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My first audition as a little girl was 'Interview with the Vampire' for Kirsten Dunst's part. Back then, they were meeting all different kinds of girls, and I was one of them. There's got to be an audition tape somewhere on VHS. Who would have known that many years later I would be on a vampire show?
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I'm more of a tough girl, and I'm attracted to things that reflect that in my perfumes. That means sandalwood, musk, amber, and vanilla notes.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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I'm very strange, I'm not going to lie.
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On my days off, I love denim cut off shorts with gladiator sandals and crop tops.
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I want to be someone who is a great representation of a black woman in Hollywood, a black woman in the entertainment industry.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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I'm still somebody that listens to a lot of James Brown, a lot of The O'Jays, a lot of TLC... in that era, producers had more musicianship.
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Live performances always feel like such a moment with all of the costumes and theatrics.
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When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'
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I like that the 'Underworld' series created a whole other world that's totally different yet familiar to our own.
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When I see other working actresses that are brown, I get so excited. I get so excited when I see Zoe Kravitz, Janelle Monae, Taraji P. Henson, Ava Duvernay, and all these beautiful women working.
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I'm somebody who listens to a lot of funk, a lot of James Brown, and I want to be somebody who contributes all that energy to the mainstream.
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My first show was in front of 30,000 people with will.i.am, and I wasn't even that nervous.
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I follow so many beauty bloggers on Instagram.
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I used to read the criticism on blogs about other people - mostly female actresses and singers - and even when they are extremely perfect and harmless, people still go after them. So I figure, if I'm going to get negativity regardless, why do I have to worry about what somebody thinks of me?
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I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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If you don't feel clean, it affects everything you do; you can't even focus right.
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I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.
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I've always been involved with charities and things like that, but when I started communicating with the fans and hearing their stories about the lives they lead, it really made an impact on me.
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If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic.