You can drive your own self crazy. You don't have to be in a bad situation or be bullied every day to feel this way. I was constantly judging myself. That's really the thing that gets you.

The big message is, you're the star in your own life. You don't have to change; you are who you are. Go and do what you want to do.

How many people get to say they recorded a song with Dolly Parton and Jennifer Aniston?

One of the cool things about 'Patti Cake$' is that it is about someone that is against stereotype.

I'm pretty stubborn.

The most surprising thing - and the thing I really didn't think I would have an opportunity to do when I was younger - was I didn't realize the kind of roles I would be able to play. I thought it would be, like, two lines here, the joke.

I always like auditioning because it's like, 'Oh, my God, I have an audition - yay!' It means opportunity for work, which is great. But it's scary as well, because you put so much pressure on yourself.

Don't stress out about the things you can't control.

The cool thing about being different in this industry is that you get different roles; you aren't pigeonholed the same way.

Emma Watson was a super-starstruck moment.

I had agents in Australia; I just never had any auditions. And if you can't audition, then you can't work. I studied there. I did classes there. I learned how to act. Growing up there, I discovered my love for acting, but I just wasn't getting the opportunities to work professionally.

My sister, myself, and my cousins would put on shows for our parents and charge them to come and watch, apparently. That's what I'm told. My parents said I knew how to milk it.

I have a dartboard in my place, and I play with my friends.

I'm very competitive. I'm very honest, too, so I wouldn't cut anyone down to get ahead. I play fair, but I like to win.

Honestly, a lot of the time the character roles are the best roles.

I'm not musical in any way.

I think avocado toast is the best ever. It's my favorite.

I had to work at it - audition and fail, get things and lose others. If you really want something, you keep going.

I think we all go through those moments of self-doubt.

There aren't often plus size, very real normal women in film. It's never their story.

When you find out you're working with someone like Jennifer Aniston, you're like, 'Whoa, what is my life right now? ' It kind of doesn't really seem real. I grew up watching 'Friends' and all her movies, and I was so excited to work with her. And then, I met her, and I was like, 'Oh. You're, like, a very relatable human being.'

It would be really cool to have some more roles where it doesn't matter how a character looks. You get a script, you see it, and it doesn't matter: there's no description of how the character looks in any way shape or form; it's just, whoever is right for the role is the person.

I love Disney movies.

When you rap, you're using all of yourself.

Words are just words. They only bother you if you let them.

Growing up, you see movies, and the big person is always the butt of a joke or the funny best friend, or they lose weight, and that's when they become redeemable.

People say things unintentionally, not realizing that it could hurt someone's feelings because they've just never experienced what you have.

My mom is Italian, and her whole family still lives in Italy. My dad is Australian, and his family lives in Australia, so we were raised there.

The only thing is, I'm terrified of horror movies. I'm scared - I'm admitting it! I mean, I would still do a horror movie; I just probably wouldn't be able to watch it.

I wanted to go overseas and act. I wanted to be an actor in an industry that isn't necessarily the most inclusive for anybody different.

Diversity is just 'the world.' It's different cultures, different backgrounds, different ethnicities, different religions, genders, sexual orientation, shapes, sizes. That is the world, but we call it 'diversity' because there is this one type that has always been accepted in the media, and it's finally starting to change.

I didn't know how to be cool. I didn't know how to have swag.

I play a girl called Patti in the film 'Patti Cake$,' and she's a girl from New Jersey, and she dreams of being a famous rapper.