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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. "

Octavia Spencer

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Believe In Yourself

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

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" I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear! "

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" I probably wanted to be Pam Grier growing up. "

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" We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places. "

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" I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'. "

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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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" When my car broke down in L.A., nobody stopped. They just kept whizzing by. "

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" I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger. "

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" People want to see more diversity. That's why you have the Kevin Hart making $17 million dollars on a holiday weekend. "

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" Being a part of a large family is just like a little society: those who fight to the top of the heap. We relied on each other and still do. They never discouraged me or told me to get a proper job. "

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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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" You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer. "

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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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" My family supported me before any of this crazy notion of moving out to Hollywood and staking my claim. That support has never waned. "

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

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" Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women. "

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" Be happy in your own skin. "

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

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" I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.' "

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" If a great role comes along, and you are too tall to play it, then I think the role is too small for your talents. "

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" Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind. "

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" I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will. "

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" The pace of television is very different from film. "

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" I'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character. "

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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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