Jennifer Hudson

"...having to experience so much so soon, and then to have to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders, that's a lot. I can understand that."

"It's like a brand new me, Sometimes I don't even recognize myself."

"It's all about self-motivation because at the end of the day, you can have all the trainers and all the money in the world, but if you don't have that mindset, it's not possible."

"I'm a mother and I have a life that's in my care and someone that looks up to me. That helps me see myself in a whole other light in a different way. It's a whole new world."

"Chicago is home. Obviously, family, and it's all I know. I don't care where I go in the world, there is no place like home. Every time I come home, I get to come home to Chicago."

"I went from being an aunt, having a mom, and being a child to not having a mom, becoming a mom, and raising my own child."

"Well, I don’t really have time to do much [exercise], I just watch what I eat. I’m very careful and cautious of what I’m eating and I just try to place those meals throughout the day."

"I am at the weight I want to be, People are under the impression that I’m still losing but I’m not."

"Stuff like this happens in your own home! I defy all the odds being African-American, living in a wealthy neighborhood and being a working mom. It’s too many foreign things in one person! It’s so ignorant. Race is just one of them. I face them all."

"I always like to say what men can't conquer, they like to destroy, I've learned, and that's something else that Mama Franklin taught me."

"That's exactly how Aretha would eat! That's exactly how she was.'" Hudson remembers. I loved having people around that knew her, to give notes or give the okay or chime in."

"When you pre­record you're married to that emotion, that delivery. I like the rawness, the honesty of being in the moment."

"We will continue to support Jennifer in maintaining her healthy lifestyle and wish her the very best in her personal and professional life."

"Oh, I'm working with a singer who acts. I felt like I was working with a woman who truly knew how to tell a story, whether she was speaking or singing or just standing there feeling something."

"More praise for the movie's headliner isn't hard to come by. Her voice is a weapon."