Octavia Spencer Quotes
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, meant-to-be coming together of circumstance. You walk out there to do your first 'Tonight Show': Is the audience going to be hot? Are you going to be on fire? It's like an athlete: Are you going to have your moves at a peak?
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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I now believe that major labels can only work with people who care more about fame and money than the quality of the art they produce.
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We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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Because the show is popular, people do recognize us on the streets.
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But if I have a lot of imagination, I could tell myself whatever I wanted, you know. I handle myself quite well. I'm kind of fascist with myself, you know. There's no discussion. There is an order. You follow it.
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I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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I went to a Catholic all-girls school, and we would play cassettes of music we liked, and when it was my turn, they would laugh at my choices. I would play Billie Holliday, Elmore James and Howlin' Wolf, but it was fine; if I had to listen to their choices, they had to listen to mine.
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Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
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I definitely don't think of myself as being an influence.
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The audience may not have felt it was right, and the author may have felt a little upset, but every part I've played I've twisted around in my mind until I've made it into something of my own. Looking back over it, I didn't deliberately sit down and plan like that, but it does read like it.
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Knowing your HIV status is so important for your future health and that of your loved ones.
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In high school, I was doing a skit for forensics and people started laughing, more than I was prepared to deal with. It was a surprise.
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I would recommend that any writer get off their ass at least once and just try it. Directing is a completely different set of muscles. It also affects your writing because, once you start directing, you tend to write your scripts with directing in mind.
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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
