Jennifer Hudson

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

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

"Its 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 dont have that mindset, its not possible."

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

"Chicago is home. Obviously, family, and its all I know. I dont 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."

"Its like a brand new me, Sometimes I dont even recognize myself."

"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."

"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."

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

"I always like to say what men cant conquer, they like to destroy, Ive learned, and thats something else that Mama Franklin taught me."

"Oh, Im 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."