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" We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts. "

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" I like to read, even though it was really tough, because I could go anywhere in the world in a book, and I could have so many adventures in a book. "

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

" The most I like about cooking is eating what someone else has cooked. "

Octavia Spencer

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" As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops. "

" I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone. "

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" I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be. "

" I have a great team at WME. "

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

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

" I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed. "

" I want to see more Asian. I want to see more Latin. I want more Indian. There's more than Mindy Kaling out there, guys! There's more than Bai Ling. "

" I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure. "

" People want to see more diversity. That's why you have the Kevin Hart making $17 million dollars on a holiday weekend. "

" 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! "

" To be silent is to be passive. "

Octavia Spencer

Silent

Passive

" Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me. "

" Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be! "

" If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence. "

Octavia Spencer

Unexpected

Sad

" 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. "

Octavia Spencer

Him

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" What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him. "

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

Octavia Spencer

Education

Society

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

Octavia Spencer

Whatever

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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. "

" I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite. "

" Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd. "

Octavia Spencer

Strange

You

" I have to lead a very small life in terms of what people think 'Hollywood' is. It's a full life for me, but I'm not jetting across the world. But life is good. "

" Needless to say, I would have loved to have been a black belt instead of actually just wearing one to hold up my pants! "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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Women

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" My family supported me before any of this crazy notion of moving out to Hollywood and staking my claim. That support has never waned. "

Octavia Spencer

Family

Crazy