The last several years have been incredibly rough for actress Maia Campbell. More recently, we’ve seen her out on the streets clearly high and read reports of arrests. In a interview about the state of her mind and career, Maia says she’s sober but very much hurt over much of what’s been said about her online recently.

On her sobriety:

“I’ve been sober for two years, and a lot of people can’t say that. I’m timid, shy and broken a little bit by some of the responses [online], but then again so much support from the people saying “No! She’s none of that.” Real friends stepping up … And just showing me who the real people were in my life. It helped me find myself and find out that there’s a real true artist inside of me–that no matter what obstacles may come, he’s not going to let you fall, and he’s not going to let you down.”

On the state of her career and the Internet chatter that came as a result of those leaked videos featuring her:

“I went on to do movies, and nobody talked about it, and that hurt me. I did a movie called ‘Rim Shop’ after Katrina had happened in New Orleans. We went down there, and that place looked a mess, seriously. We shot a film out there just to help those people, to bring revenue in and just show our support to their situation. Then, I did a gospel kind of Tyler Perry play called ‘Friends and Lovers.’

I’m trying to reach out to Tyler Perry about one of my mom’s latest novels. She was nominated for a Noble Peace Prize for literature. [It's called 72-Hour Hold] it was a story about her and my relationship, and I wish that Halle Berry would pick it up and read it if you’re listening. I would love for her to play the lead character. There are so many goals and dreams that God has put in my heart while I’m sitting here sober. And I’m not doing the things I use to do. The way they attacked me on the Internet–it was BS.”

On her future:

“I want to attach myself to anything-–reality shows, movies–but positive characters. I don’t want to play the crazy girl like, ‘Craig, Craig let me borrow your VCR!’ It’s too much of that in life, and we got kids out there … I wish they would take that type of stuff off the Internet because the kids have to go to school and deal with reality of that, and it makes it hard for them to learn.”

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