A02. HRN-826
In: 11.13.08 Out: 11.13.25
Sound bite: Jennifer Hudson
Wow, it was a six month process. Three different auditions over the six month time span. My first audition was in May. I didn’t get the role until late October, early November.

A04. HRN-826
In: 11.13.36 Out: 11.13.52
Sound bite: Jennifer Hudson
Yes, yes it is. It really is. Yes and yes I hit the floor, I shouted. I called my mama. I screamed. I did everything possible you know. It is a blessing. I never have wanted anything more.

A06. HRN-826
In: 11.14.27 Out: 11.15.11
Sound bite: Jennifer Hudson
Oh definitely. Oh god yes. Just watching how Danny Glover, back in, when we were reading through the script, how he would approach his character from the start. It was a huge learning experience for me across the board. Because this is my first film, I don’t know what I am doing. I had to learn from them. Where do you even start, how do you even begin? Watching him, how he would approach his character from the start. This is where it starts when you do the read around at the table. And you read through the script watching him and you watch Eddie Murphy go in and out of character on set. The transition of it. You know, things like that was a lesson for me.

A08. HRN-826
In: 11.15.25 Out: 11.15.46
Sound bite: Jennifer Hudson
Definitely, definitely. It was a huge platform for people such as myself to be scene. It was the vehicle for me to be seen for Dreamgirls because had it not been for Idol, they would have not known of a Jennifer Hudson to pick up the phone and say would you come out and audition for Dreamgirls.

A10. HRN-826
In: 11.16.13 Out: 11.16.52
Sound bite: Jennifer Hudson
Not really. I knew of, and I’m telling you, I knew of them changing. I didn’t know of the storyline until we started production on it and of course I was born the year that Dreamgirls the play opened. So I never saw it. Up until, right before Idol, I thought Effie White was the name of Jennifer Holiday. I didn’t even know it was a character name. Effie White. Oh I want to play Jennifer Holiday on Broadway. That is what I would say. So I didn’t even know the storyline.

A12. HRN-826
In: 11.17.47 Out: 1.18.09
Sound bite: Jennifer Hudson
Yes but I actually really sang along and sang out but in the end it appears as if I lip sync. (talks) I was, just as hard as I sing on the record I was belting out right there on the stage.