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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. "

Octavia Spencer

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

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

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" The mentality of how we treat one another needs to be examined - especially how we treat our men of color. "

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" 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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" 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'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character. "

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

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

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" I should be married and have 19 kids. And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date. But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision. "

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

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" 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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" It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis. "

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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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" My mom always told me I could do or be anything I dared to dream, and I always wanted to work in the movie industry. "

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" I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear! "

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" If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done. "

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" You just keep moving forward and doing what you do and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does. "

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" 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. "

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

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