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" 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. "
Octavia Spencer
You
Better
Breakfast
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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. "
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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. "
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" 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? "
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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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" My weight has always been a struggle for me. "
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" Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women. "
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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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" 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 prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest. "
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" Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright. "
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Me
" 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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Experience
You
" 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. "
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" 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. "
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Hand
Go
" 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. "
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You
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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. "
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" I was a production assistant. I saw what people who are full of themselves are like - another reason not to lose your humility! I have a mouth on me so I wasn't the best P.A. "
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Humility
People
Mouth
" My life is exactly the way it needs to be. "
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Needs
Exactly
Life
" When my car broke down in L.A., nobody stopped. They just kept whizzing by. "
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Down
Car
Broke
" I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.' "
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Long
Intern
Home
" It baffles me that everything is so homogenized, because the world isn't, and yet we continue to support things that are so incredibly milquetoast. "
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" If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy. "
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" Tough love is the hardest to give. "
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" If a great role comes along, and you are too tall to play it, then I think the role is too small for your talents. "
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" My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes. "
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" The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active. "
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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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Top
" I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor'. And she said, 'Maybe not that'. "
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" When you give kids the tools necessary to change their destiny, it's really empowering. "
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" I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people. "
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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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