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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. "

Octavia Spencer

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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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" 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. "

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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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" What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him. "

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

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" I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it. "

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

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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. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd. "

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

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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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" There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period. "

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" The reality is that there are so few roles out there for women and for women of color, and I'm a character actor, this I know. And I'm getting to see more of the roles that are out there, but there aren't many. And zilch have been studio movies. Zilch. "

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" Tough love is the hardest to give. "

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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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" I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them. "

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" I gravitate to whatever looks good on me and whatever maakes me feel sexy. "

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" I like to read, even though it was really tough, because I could go anywhere in the world in a book, and I could have so many adventures in a book. "

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