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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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" What surprised me about the Oscars was how familiar it was - because you're in the room with all these people that have inspired you from your childhood to adulthood in the film industry. It feels like you've known them all of your life. "

Octavia Spencer

Childhood

Film

" I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" My mom always told me I could do or be anything I dared to dream, and I always wanted to work in the movie industry. "

" I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is. "

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

Octavia Spencer

Education

Society

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage. "

" Tough love is the hardest to give. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Octavia Spencer

Women

Little Girls

" No person is just one particular emotion. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People think that I have this wonderful hourglass figure, but I owe that to designer Tadashi Shoji because he cuts for me really well. "

" The mentality of how we treat one another needs to be examined - especially how we treat our men of color. "

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

" When we don't have all the details about our characters, we have to make it up to fill in all the details. So, for me, writing and acting go hand in hand. "

Octavia Spencer

Acting

Hand

" Life is too short, and I need to eat. I am my meanest when I haven't had a meal. "

Octavia Spencer

I Am

Short

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

" I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian. "

" 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. "

Octavia Spencer

City

Education

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

" There are fewer and fewer roles that I haven't done already, or archetypes that I haven't played, and to break out of that box, the most interesting stuff is television. "

" 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. "

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