Octavia Spencer Quotes
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I don't ever want to be the type of person to tell you what to think or what to believe. Whatever stage in your life that you are in, I want you to organically reach whatever conclusions that you possibly reach.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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It baffles me that everything is so homogenized, because the world isn't, and yet we continue to support things that are so incredibly milquetoast.
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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'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry.
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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 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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Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.
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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 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 not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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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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I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.'
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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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Women drive box office.
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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 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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When you see results, you start to wonder, 'What would happen if I had oatmeal instead of sausage for breakfast?' You start to eat better because you feel better.
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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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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 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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There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage.
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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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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.