Explore Quotes by Jennifer Hudson

I'm just not a shoe girl.

When people said Africa would change me, I didn't understand what they meant. To see the poverty in the townships, for instance, is overwhelming. I found it heart-wrenching to see young children walking barefoot and hungry in the dirt. I'm the kind of person who wants to change the world right here and now, so I got frustrated.

I don't believe in voodoo.

I try to dress a little casual before my photo-shoots. I can be comfortable before I go into my... transition.

I feel like I've lived about three or four different lives.

My grandmother always taught me, 'If you don't have a home, family, and church, you don't have anything.'

It's one thing to lose weight, but it's another thing to eat healthy.

I'm really not sure what people think or expect me to be, but I am surprised when people say, 'You're not supposed to be like that... ' I'm not exactly sure what 'that' is, so I choose to take it as a compliment.

I have a serious love for clothes, like no other.

To me, the biggest notes and the longest notes are the easiest notes.

When you're shopping you forget about eating!

I'm proud to represent the average woman.

The church has given me balance.

Well, I don't really eat cereal that much because on Weight Watchers it's not worth the points.

My mother was a very wise and strong person.

I'm prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar!

I always say, you never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.

When I'm acting I don't sing, and when I'm recording I'm not acting.

I didn't even know I was considered plus-size until I was on the red carpet here in L.A. one day and a lady said, 'How do you feel about being a plus-sized girl in Hollywood?' I was like, 'What's she talking about?'

I like meat on my bones.

Music is my home.