--- title: Amy Schumer and Gabourey Sidibe Talk Confidence at Gloria Awards description: The Academy Award-nominated actress and Comedy Central show runner both shared life insights at the Ms. Foundation for Women's Gloria Awards Gala. Moral of the story: don't let mean fifth graders or bad sex get you down canonical: https://time.com/87214/gabourey-sidibe-amy-schumer-confidence-gloria-steinem/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-04T19:27:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:13.680Z og:title: Amy Schumer and Gabourey Sidibe on How They Got Confident og:description: The Academy Award-nominated actress and Comedy Central show runner both shared life insights at the Ms. Foundation for Women's Gloria Awards Gala. 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Astrid Stawiarz—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent May 4, 2014 7:27 PM UTC Gabourey Sidibe and Amy Schumer both made deeply personal speeches about confidence Thursday night at the Gloria Awards and Gala, an awards ceremony to honor “women of vision” hosted by the Ms. Foundation for Women. The actress and comedian each described the exact moments they decided to take control of their own narratives. Sidibe, who was nominated for an Academy Award for playing the lead character in _Precious: Based on the Novel Push By Sapphire_ and recently appeared in _American Horror Story: Coven_, [described](http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/read-gabourey-sidibes-ms-gala-speech.html) a lonely childhood, where she was chided by her parents for being overweight and ignored by her classmate for being a self-described “bossy a\*\*hole.” --- > “” --- Sidibe told the audience about the time she laboriously baked gingerbread cookies for a class party in fifth grade, only to get to the party and find that her classmates refused to eat the cookies she’d made. But she didn’t let it cramp her style. --- > “” --- Even though [Amy Schumer ](http://time.com/81141/heres-what-amy-schumer-thinks-about-everything/)now has her own show on Comedy Central, she [spoke](http://www.vulture.com/2014/05/read-amy-schumers-ms-gala-speech.html) about the moment where she had to become her “own fairy godmother.” She had thought that her popularity in high school would translate into her college life, but when she got to campus she found she was at the lowest rung of the social ladder, eclipsed by “thinner, blonder, dumber girls.” This low self-esteem drove her to have a one-night stand with a drunk older guy who “smelled like skunk microwaved with cheeseburgers,” while a Sam Cooke CD was playing in the background. --- > “” --- But Schumer also talked about how, even though she’s found her confidence, it can be stripped away in a second with a mean comment or a backhanded gesture. --- > “” --- BOOM! 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