Octavia Spencer Quotes
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I wanted to write about the things that I love.
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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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I'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry.
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Where I'm from, you learned about God before you learned to read and write. Our faith is what grounds us.
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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow. And as an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged. And unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.
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I know I'm never going to be one of those size 2 actresses – that's just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.
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I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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I should be married and have 19 kids. And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date. But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision.
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I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling.
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I don't think there will ever be a time I don't write, and I hope there will never be a time I don't act.
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Women drive box office.
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.
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I didn't realize that diets don't work, and I did not want to diet. I didn't want to do anything that required dieting.
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If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done.
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I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
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Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.
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Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.