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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

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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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" People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume. "

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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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" I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes. "

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" You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience. "

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" There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how many times is that film going to get funded? Let's just be real. But it's not just black people. It's Asians, it's Hispanic people if you're not Salma Hayek. It's hard. It's hard to get films funded. "

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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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" 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 we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand. "

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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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" It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis. "

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" My weight has always been a struggle for me. "

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" Needless to say, I would have loved to have been a black belt instead of actually just wearing one to hold up my pants! "

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

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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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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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

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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 am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society. "

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" Be happy in your own skin. "

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" I wanted to write about the things that I love. "

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" If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle. "

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" I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people. "

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" I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch. "

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