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" 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

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" Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me. "

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" My mom always told me I could do or be anything I dared to dream, and I always wanted to work in the movie industry. "

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" The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug. "

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" If more women ate, they would be a lot happier. Let me tell you, I am a lot grumpier when I don't eat. "

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" Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be! "

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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. "

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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. "

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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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