Octavia Spencer Quotes
The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.
Quotes to Explore
-
Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
-
I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
-
Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
-
It's hard to bring up your children on benefit. It's easier if you can do part- time work, or even full-time work, and actually have a better standard of living, and that's the direction in which we are going.
-
If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
-
Artists want to be congratulated because they should be.
-
You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
-
The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
-
'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
-
The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
-
While I am not saying Facebook cannot be a wonderland for marketers, I am still waiting to see the proof of it, and so should every reporter.
-
People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
-
I love working in Canada. The ovation is great. It makes me feel like I'm the top dog.
-
Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
-
I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.
-
It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
-
I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.
-
One of the trickiest things about 'Game of Thrones' is just seeding those first couple of episodes with that basic information that people need to know, both about the world and the ground rules of the world, and the relationships between the characters, as far as who means what to whom and why.
-
When I die India will be found engraved on my heart.
-
I love gardening, and I love cooking. I love things like that. I love creating things.
-
I was a complete outsider in high school.
-
I have a hard time recalling the titles of books.
-
My brain doesn't have enough time to play around like that. To get limber enough to have a nightmare.
-
The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.
