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Sometimes I feel like I'm two people. I'm proud of who I am as a person, but I do want to be at a healthy weight.
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My sister's tall, thin, model-esque.
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I am of the thinking that everything happens as it should and when it should.
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I'm ready to encourage and support people on their journey because I've been encouraged and supported. I just hope I make people proud.
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When I booked 'This Is Us,' I had 81 cents in my bank account.
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Why not have a motivation beyond me to get to a healthy weight? Every actor does that. We're chameleons. We change; we grow as an actor. You lose weight, you gain weight, you change your hair or whatever.
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If I ever end up on the worst-dressed list, it's not going to make me fall apart.
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At the end of the day... my love for my body... comes from within.
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Until you love yourself, until you really believe that, you're stopped in your tracks. That's why it's so important to wear what you want to wear and be who you want to be.
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I look in the mirror, and I'm a plus-size girl, but I got it going on.
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I'm paving the road for other women and men who know they're destined for greatness, but they don't believe it yet.
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I think everyone has shame about something, whether it's a lack of a relationship with a child or maybe their weight or a lack of communication within their marriage. Everyone can relate to that because we all have something that we're like, 'God, I can work on that,' or, 'I wish I was better at doing this.'
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There were times I'd be nervous walking home from elementary school, thinking, 'If that red tag from the power company saying our lights are turned off is on the door handle, I don't know what I'll do.'
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If there was going to be a pioneer of the plus-size girl of my shape on TV, why not me?
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We're all just trying to do the best with what we've got. I hope I help people see themselves on TV.
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I'm just kind of in love with Kathy Bates. And Sarah Paulson.
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I want to have a fit, healthy body and not have to be put in a box. I don't want to be limited by anything.
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When you listen, as a human being and an actor, you can react authentically.
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I know that sounds corny. And I know you've heard it before. But it's really true: We're so much more than our bodies.
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My parents divorced when I was eight; I never really knew my dad, and my mom raised my older sister and brother and me alone. It was challenging.
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I wanted to be the female Jim Carrey.
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Being a plus-size actress, it is slim pickings, so anytime any role comes up for a plus-size actress, my agents are all over it, and they were like, 'You have to book this job. It's 'American Horror Story.' It's a big deal.' No pressure, right?
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I was born in Homestead, Florida.
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When I first heard 'Harper's Bazaar' wanted me to be sexy, I was like, 'Who, me?' I knew y'all were edgy, but this is incredible - it's validation.