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

Octavia Spencer

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" The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page. "

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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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" 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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" If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done. "

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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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" 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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" As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops. "

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" No person is just one particular emotion. "

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" I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds. "

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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 was a production assistant. I saw what people who are full of themselves are like - another reason not to lose your humility! I have a mouth on me so I wasn't the best P.A. "

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

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" I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian. "

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

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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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" I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.' "

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" The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active. "

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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. "

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

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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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" I literally don't think about Oscar. "

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" Tough love is the hardest to give. "

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

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

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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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" I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it. "

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" 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? "

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