Octavia Spencer Quotes
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People think that I have this wonderful hourglass figure, but I owe that to designer Tadashi Shoji because he cuts for me really well.
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If more women ate, they would be a lot happier. Let me tell you, I am a lot grumpier when I don't eat.
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Being a part of a large family is just like a little society: those who fight to the top of the heap. We relied on each other and still do. They never discouraged me or told me to get a proper job.
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Your parents only want what's best for you. They know a career in the arts usually means living paycheck to paycheck; they just want you to know that you have other options!
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I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.
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To be silent is to be passive.
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City Year resonated with me because when I grew up, we were poor - and an education is a way out of poverty. It's a way out of the current situation that can seem isolating and hopeless for some kids.
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My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.
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Needless to say, I would have loved to have been a black belt instead of actually just wearing one to hold up my pants!
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I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.'
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.
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What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life.
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Tough love is the hardest to give.
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I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
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I have a great team at WME.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny.
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The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope.