Quote of the Day

"They try to paint the picture that I was this downtrodden, ugly girl who was unpopular in school and in life, and then I got this role and now I'm awesome. But the truth is that I've been awesome, and then I got this role."Gabby Sidibe, the star of Precious, a film about a fat teenage girl who is sexually and physically abused at home, and "has a deep need to open up and thrive, which she begins to do with the help of a teacher and an all-girl crew of peers at an alternative school."

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