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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. "

Octavia Spencer

People

Victims

Black

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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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Octavia Spencer

Fact

Television

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

Octavia Spencer

Whatever

Sexy

" 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! "

" Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen. "

Octavia Spencer

You

Movies

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

" 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. "

" You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge. "

" 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. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes. "

Octavia Spencer

Hat

Off

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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. "

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

" I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff. "

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" Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire. "

" Will Smith would not be Worldwide Will Smith if he had not insisted on going worldwide and touring with his films. You have to build that audience for people and allow for it to happen. "

" My idea of success is not Oscars. Am I glad I have that little trinket? Yes, I am. But it depends on how you define success. The minute I got my first professional cheque from Joel Schumacher, I was successful. Somebody's paying me to act! "

Octavia Spencer

I Am

Success

" 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. "