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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. "

Octavia Spencer

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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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" 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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" Tough love is the hardest to give. "

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" I wanted to write about the things that I love. "

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" You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow. And as an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged. And unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles. "

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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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" 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 just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously. "

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Believe In Yourself

" I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes. "

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" I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime. "

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" If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating! "

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

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" City Year resonated with me because when I grew up, we were poor - and an education is a way out of poverty. It's a way out of the current situation that can seem isolating and hopeless for some kids. "

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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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" Your parents only want what's best for you. They know a career in the arts usually means living paycheck to paycheck; they just want you to know that you have other options! "

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" I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty. "

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" 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. "

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" No person is just one particular emotion. "

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

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" I'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry. "

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" I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society. "

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" I've seen too many sunrises, as far as the walk of shame, staying out too late doing very bad things. "

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" Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in. "

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

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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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" When you give kids the tools necessary to change their destiny, it's really empowering. "

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" I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me. "

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" You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does. "

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