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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. "

Octavia Spencer

You

Movies

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Octavia Spencer

Women

Little Girls

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" I think if we give kids a break in education, we would have fewer crimes being committed. If we keep them on track, they know that they have options. It's important for me because, you know, my life would've been different had I not had the education that I had. "

Octavia Spencer

You

Life

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I Am

Short

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" To be silent is to be passive. "

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Passive

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