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" My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes. "

Octavia Spencer

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

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" I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book. "

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

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

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

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" Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it. "

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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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" 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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" My life is exactly the way it needs to be. "

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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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" If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy. "

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

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" There's so much bigotry that needs to be overcome. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" To be silent is to be passive. "

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

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

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" Tough love is the hardest to give. "

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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 feel for the overly thin women as I do for the overweight women. "

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" There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril. "

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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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" I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure. "

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