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" You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge. "
Octavia Spencer
Own
Challenge
You
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" I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important. "
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" 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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" I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will. "
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" I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids. "
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" 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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" There's so much bigotry that needs to be overcome. "
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" Women drive box office. "
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" I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part. "
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" The statement that I made and that I think I will continue to make is that racism and bigotry isn't just relegated to the Southern region; it permeates the history of our nation. It's not to say that we haven't made progress. Obviously we have with our first African American president, and I never thought that would happen in my lifetime. "
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" The hardest thing about writing, for me, is facing the blank page. "
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Hardest
Page
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" It may sound funny, but it's true: I tried to put myself through the 12-step program. I didn't want to attend a real meeting; my role didn't really require that, and I feel those meetings are sort of sacred, and they're anonymous for a reason. I tried to deal with some of my love of snacks - and I relapsed a lot. "
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Love
" Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind. "
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Situation
" I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger. "
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Need
Better
Choose
" I probably wanted to be Pam Grier growing up. "
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Growing
Wanted
Pam
" I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure. "
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Lose
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" Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world. "
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" 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! "
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Living
Best
Career
" We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places. "
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Just
Sand
Places
" Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in. "
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Stand
Got
Parents
" The college years are when you sow all your wild oats and become a vampire. By 40, you've lived it up. At least, you hope. "
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College
Vampire
Wild
" You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not. "
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Dreams
Live
Hope
" I'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry. "
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Who
" There is racism all over the United States. Most Southerners I know, we definitely find ourselves defending our heritage. "
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Know
Most
" You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer. "
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Believe
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Trainer
" 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. "
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Time
Hope
Never
" 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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Stone
Say
" 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. "
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Art
Way
People
" I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch. "
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Love
" I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels. "
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Dark
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Moment
" 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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Body