Quotes

My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they're like, "Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher."

It took people who have the power to say yes to pull the trigger for me. Since then, I think it's been easier; I'm not like anybody else out there, with my skills and abilities and looks.

[on improvising dialogue] There's a line about crystal meth that I didn't even remember saying. When I saw it in the final cut, I thought, Wow, that was a pretty good line!

I love talking in an American accent. Even though it hurts my face after a few hours.

Even when I'm playing someone named Fat Amy, it's all about confidence and attitude.

[on how people treat her after her weight loss] I think it's really interesting to see how other people treat you. Sometimes being bigger, people didn't necessarily look twice at you, and then now that I'm in good shape, people offer to carry my groceries to the car and hold doors open for you.

There's a lot of pressure on women, especially younger women, to conform to the thin body image. Not everyone can be that way and no one should be ashamed of how they look or suffer bullying and other forms of abuse because of their size and shape.

[Her speaking out on the Lafayette Theater shooting incident] I don't like getting political but America you really have to follow Australia's example in gun laws. I don't remember a mass shooting in Australia since they overhauled the gun laws. It seems like every week in America there's a shooting. I just want people to be safe, especially people that are doing one of my favorite things in the world - going out to the movies to have fun.

[on fat jokes, when she still had a plus size body shape] As long as I look like this, I'm going to make fat jokes. All comedians have to use their physicality, so I use my size.

I love my curves and stuff. I don't think I'll ever go too skinny, but I feel so much healthier.

[on the filming conditions during the production of the movie Cats] They heated up the set very high, to almost 100°F, so that we could never cool down. These people are like, the best dancers in the whole world, so they can't cool their muscles down or they could get an injury and they'd be out of the film.

Ladies, don't be afraid of weights. I love lifting weights. It just makes you feel really strong. I love that feeling of feeling strong and powerful.

Even though it's not about a weight number, it's about being healthy, I needed a tangible measurement to have as a goal and that was 75 kilograms.

[on her relationship with a woman] I thought I was searching for a Disney Prince... but maybe what I really needed all this time was a Disney Princess.