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" My weight has always been a struggle for me. "
Octavia Spencer
Me
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Weight
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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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" We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places. "
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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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" Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind. "
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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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" 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 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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" 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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" I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels. "
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" What's so great about DreamWorks is that it's run by filmmakers who believe that if it's not broke, don't fix it. "
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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'm reading today because of 'Encyclopedia Brown.' "
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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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" I have a great team at WME. "
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" The worst is when I know I'm going to have to cry in a scene. "
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" 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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