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" To be silent is to be passive. "

Octavia Spencer

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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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" You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer. "

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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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" Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind. "

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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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" 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. "

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" I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television. "

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" I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people. "

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" My weight has always been a struggle for me. "

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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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" 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. "

Octavia Spencer

" 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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" The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T. "

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" Being a part of a large family is just like a little society: those who fight to the top of the heap. We relied on each other and still do. They never discouraged me or told me to get a proper job. "

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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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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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" You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not. "

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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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