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" I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone. "
Octavia Spencer
Gone
Law
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" We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts. "
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Decision
Always
Support
" Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen. "
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You
Movies
Me
" I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start thinking about the world of germs around us. "
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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. "
Octavia Spencer
Bring
Blessed
Feel
" 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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Color
You
Women
" 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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Support
World
Things
" Needless to say, I would have loved to have been a black belt instead of actually just wearing one to hold up my pants! "
Octavia Spencer
Hold
Loved
Pants
" The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active. "
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Active
Bring
Change
" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
College
Vampire
Wild
" If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating! "
Octavia Spencer
End
You
Tell
" You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge. "
Octavia Spencer
Own
Challenge
You
" It's been pretty effortless with Sensa because I am not thinking about how long do I need to do this. Usually, when you stop a diet program, you lose control again. But I don't need to stop what I'm doing. I'm eating everything that I like. Sensa just helps me keep it all in check. "
Octavia Spencer
You
Control
I Am
" I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people. "
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People
Proactive
Want
" I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me. "
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Excited
Get
Love
" I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important. "
Octavia Spencer
World
Diversity
Think
" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
Beauty
Hope
I Am
" 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! "
Octavia Spencer
Living
Best
Career
" The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South. "
Octavia Spencer
People
Victims
Black
" I probably wanted to be Pam Grier growing up. "
Octavia Spencer
Growing
Wanted
Pam
" I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds. "
Octavia Spencer
Women
Go
Little Girls
" The pace of television is very different from film. "
Octavia Spencer
Very
Different
Film
" My life is exactly the way it needs to be. "
Octavia Spencer
Needs
Exactly
Life
" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
I Love You
Love
Sorry
" There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril. "
Octavia Spencer
Art
Way
People
" I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch. "
Octavia Spencer
Smart
Seeing
Love
" I literally don't think about Oscar. "
Octavia Spencer
Oscar
Think
About
" I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television. "
Octavia Spencer
Me
Fact
Television
" I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.' "
Octavia Spencer
Today
Because
Reading
" You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not. "
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Dreams
Live
Hope
" The mentality of how we treat one another needs to be examined - especially how we treat our men of color. "
Octavia Spencer
Treat
Color
How