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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 have to lead a very small life in terms of what people think 'Hollywood' is. It's a full life for me, but I'm not jetting across the world. But life is good. "

Octavia Spencer

Small

Think

World

" We always think that we're going to be young forever, and now when I wake up, I need to stretch, and I need to have my glass of water and be cognizant of what I'm doing with my body. "

" 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. "

" I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part. "

" 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. "

" My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes. "

Octavia Spencer

Hat

Off

" 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. "

" 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

Fact

Television

" I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime. "

" You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge. "

" I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure. "

" People think that I have this wonderful hourglass figure, but I owe that to designer Tadashi Shoji because he cuts for me really well. "

" Women drive box office. "

" Tough love is the hardest to give. "

" Every day that I live, I try to find the beauty in things. "

" Will Smith would not be Worldwide Will Smith if he had not insisted on going worldwide and touring with his films. You have to build that audience for people and allow for it to happen. "

" I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels. "

" I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest. "

" Life is too short, and I need to eat. I am my meanest when I haven't had a meal. "

Octavia Spencer

I Am

Short

" Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright. "

Octavia Spencer

Stage Fright

Time

" I've seen too many sunrises, as far as the walk of shame, staying out too late doing very bad things. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff. "

" I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids. "

" I'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry. "

" I feel for the overly thin women as I do for the overweight women. "

" As a kid, I was always very thin, and I kind of didn't know that I was skinny. "

" 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. "

" As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person? "