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" Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind. "
Octavia Spencer
Mind
Speak
Situation
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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 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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Know
Reality
Women
" I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people. "
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People
Proactive
Want
" 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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Day
Knowledge
She
" I should be married and have 19 kids. And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date. But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision. "
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Past
Thinking
Now
" There's so much bigotry that needs to be overcome. "
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Overcome
Much
Needs
" 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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Acting
Hand
Go
" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
Time
Hope
Never
" The statement that I made and that I think I will continue to make is that racism and bigotry isn't just relegated to the Southern region; it permeates the history of our nation. It's not to say that we haven't made progress. Obviously we have with our first African American president, and I never thought that would happen in my lifetime. "
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Racism
Say
Think
" I have a great team at WME. "
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Great
Great Team
Team
" I'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.' "
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Today
Because
Reading
" What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life. "
Octavia Spencer
Me
Childhood
Film
" There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period. "
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People
Women
Men
" The pace of television is very different from film. "
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Very
Different
Film
" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
Water
Wake Up
Body
" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
You
Better
Breakfast
" When you give kids the tools necessary to change their destiny, it's really empowering. "
Octavia Spencer
Destiny
Change
Give
" I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part. "
Octavia Spencer
Going
Whatever
Saying
" I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important. "
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World
Diversity
Think
" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
Gay
Time
Women
" There are fewer and fewer roles that I haven't done already, or archetypes that I haven't played, and to break out of that box, the most interesting stuff is television. "
Octavia Spencer
Interesting
Most
Box
" The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active. "
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Active
Bring
Change
" I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids. "
Octavia Spencer
I Am
Any
Maternal
" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
Need
Better
Choose
" 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'. "
Octavia Spencer
Said
Mom
Dreams
" Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world. "
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World
Me
Trade
" My life is exactly the way it needs to be. "
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Needs
Exactly
Life
" 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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Small
Think
World
" We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places. "
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Just
Sand
Places
" You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer. "
Octavia Spencer
Believe
Same
Trainer