“Don’t block your blessings. Don’t let doubt stop you from getting where you want to be.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“When you’re shopping you forget about eating!”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Going jogging makes me feel powerful and free – like Rocky!”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I always say, you never know how much your parents loved you until you have a child to love.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Even though I am extremely blessed to have accomplished many of my goals at such a young age, I am still reaching, still striving.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Traditional values are big in my life.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“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?’”
― Jennifer Hudson
“My biggest thing is banana pudding, but it’s the devil! So no one is allowed to bring it into my house. Because I can’t control myself. So why put it in my domain?”
― Jennifer Hudson
“My mother was a very wise and strong person.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Everything I see, I now see through a mother’s eyes.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Food is meant to be used as fuel for our bodies. If you’re using it for any other reasons, take a step back and ask yourself, ‘What’s up.’”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I actually stopped working out because I don’t want to lose my jelly.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I like to have songs with me that have substance. That’s missing from a lot of today’s music. You might hear a song with a catchy beat, but what’s it about? It’s not empowering or helping anyone.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I’m prouder of my weight loss than my Oscar!”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I hope that when I’m 80 years old, people will still be talking about my wedding.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“My grandmother always taught me, ‘If you don’t have a home, family, and church, you don’t have anything.’”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I don’t get a chance to be home much.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Long before ‘American Idol’, people used to call me a diva. And I be like, ‘Hold on, are you calling me something else on the sly? You gonna call me a diva, call me a good diva.’”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I accept any challenge.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I used to sing in the church choir. People would say it was unusual for such a small girl to have such a big voice. They would say, ‘She sounds like she’s grown.’”
― Jennifer Hudson
“There is nothing I love more than my role as a mom.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“What people need to know is that if you don’t eat what you want, then you’ll just continue to eat, because you’re not fulfilled.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Family makes a house a home.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“All the ladies can feel sexy and have fun in my clothing and that makes me feel like I am offering something truly unique to the people who have been gracious enough to show me such love and support over the years.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“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.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“When you hear my music and you feel the emotion, it’s real. When you see me in a film and you see a tear, it’s real.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Well, I don’t really eat cereal that much because on Weight Watchers it’s not worth the points.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I don’t believe in doing things just to do them.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I once had a crush on one of my teachers. I wrote him a love letter and stuck it in a bag in his office. I didn’t write my name on it, but I’m sure he figured out it was me.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous – I always wanted to be a singer.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I didn’t start singing with my eyes open until I was 19 – that’s how shy I was!”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I was a homebody growing up.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“My son is very into music and really familiar with my voice.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I feel like I’ve lived about three or four different lives.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Music is my home.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“The church has given me balance.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I am the biggest Destiny’s Child – Beyonce, Kelly, Michelle, all of them – fan in the world.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I’ve always had a love for making things my own.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I cook all my meals at home.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I don’t believe in overdoing myself.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I like meat on my bones.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I try to dress a little casual before my photo-shoots. I can be comfortable before I go into my… transition.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I’m proud to represent the average woman.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“My ultimate film role would be to play the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Chocolate is what I love. I have it every day.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“You’re not living if you don’t go out and try things for yourself.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“To me, the biggest notes and the longest notes are the easiest notes.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I don’t believe in voodoo.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“It’s one thing to lose weight, but it’s another thing to eat healthy.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I slept with my mom until I was 16 years old.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I have a serious love for clothes, like no other.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I try to do everything to say, ‘OK, will my mother like this? Will she be pleased? Will she be proud of that? How do I know she’s happy and she’s smiling down at me from heaven?’ And that’s what I try to go by and walk by.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“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.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“Dreams do come true. If anyone’s proof of that, it’s me.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“When I’m acting I don’t sing, and when I’m recording I’m not acting.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“I’m just not a shoe girl.”
― Jennifer Hudson
“’American Idol’ has changed the face of television.”
― Jennifer Hudson
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