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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. "

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" I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse. "

Octavia Spencer

You

Stone

Say

" 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. "

" The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug. "

" 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

" If more women ate, they would be a lot happier. Let me tell you, I am a lot grumpier when I don't eat. "

" 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

" The worst is when I know I'm going to have to cry in a scene. "

" There's so much bigotry that needs to be overcome. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When my car broke down in L.A., nobody stopped. They just kept whizzing by. "

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

" 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

" People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Octavia Spencer

Book

" Every day that I live, I try to find the beauty in things. "

" 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. "

" I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them. "

" 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

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

" 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

First Time

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

" As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person? "

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

" Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright. "

Octavia Spencer

Stage Fright

Time

" 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. "

" 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. "