Octavia Spencer Quotes

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Octavia Spencer

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 25, 1970

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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My family supported me before any of this crazy notion of moving out to Hollywood and staking my claim. That support has never waned.

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There are fewer and fewer roles that I haven't done already, or archetypes that I haven't played, and to break out of that box, the most interesting stuff is television.

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

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The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South.

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

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I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people.

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I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff.

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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.

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Women drive box office.

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

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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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