People are always going to tell you to lose weight, and they tell you how they feel about it. There are pressures always to be a certain weight, but you have to be who you are. And if you want to change, you have got to do it for you and not for what people want you to be.

I would love to live in a world that is purely equal, where everyone has equal opportunities in every way. But that is not reality.

I like Macklemore.

Kendrick is phenomenal. I've never tried and practiced a song that was as hard as when I practiced Kendrick's verse on 'Control.' He's a genius. I think that people do recognize it.

I'm pretty boring in my real life.

That's one of the really cool things about being an actor. You get to explore all different parts of yourself.

'Priscilla' was made in 1994, and I think it was kind of daring for its time.

I think everyone kinda feels a little out place sometimes.

When you take on new roles that you don't feel comfortable with, that require you having skills you don't have, it's terrifying.

I've been lucky enough to play lots of real women - flawed, strong, independent women - and I love it.

I love Octavia Spencer. I love what she has to say as a human, and I love her career and the variety of characters she has played.

I want to play characters that people relate to, characters that make different kinds of women in society feel represented.

Actually, for me, it's really funny because I play characters with mommy issues more than anything, and I have a great relationship with my mom!

I'm very lucky with my family. They've always been very encouraging, and they never thought that anything would hold me back. I'm very fortunate to have had that.

I've seen a bunch of movies about pageants, and I know in general how they work.

It's okay to be you and okay to be who you are and okay to love and accept yourself.

Because I don't look like most lead actresses look, I was told that I shouldn't even come to America. That I shouldn't even try! I think that's ridiculous.

I'm a realist - yes, I know: darn, I'm unlikely to have a love scene with Chris Hemsworth anytime soon, if ever. But I also believe that persistence and hard work pays off.

None of my family is in the industry. But I watched movies like an insane person when I was a child. I used to make my dad stop at the video store every time we drove past it, and you had to drive past the video store to get to our house.

I think you have to try and fail a little bit, because you learn how badly you want it.

I grew up in Sydney, Australia, and I started doing acting classes when I was in eighth grade.

It definitely took me a while to adjust to L.A. I came out knowing nobody, and I'd never lived away from home before.

Not everybody gets to travel halfway around the world to see a whole different perspective. If we can see that on TV, we'll know that society is bigger than the small world we all live in.

I think confidence comes with age and experience, honestly.

I can't sing.

It's just so hard growing up: you go through things, especially acting - I go to a different set every couple of months, and you meet an entirely new group of people that are around you 24/7. It's not an easy situation to go into when you're a shy person.

There aren't plus-sized teens represented in film who aren't made the butt of a joke.

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.