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I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.

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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Montgomery
Alabama
Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
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Gotta
Plan
Plans
Home
Eels
Electric

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Where I'm from, you learned about God before you learned to read and write. Our faith is what grounds us.
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Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.
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I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.
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It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.
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I want to see more women as producers.
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The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.
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If you go through life and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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The first time I saw E.T., the actual image of an alien, and he was so sweet-looking. I wanted him. I wanted E.T.
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You can't be from Montgomery, Alabama, and not have a background in the church. It's at the core of who we are as a people.
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I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.
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I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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I don't think you learn as much about yourself when you are moving forwards as when you have fallen backwards. That's when you really learn who you are. And reach for the things that have propelled you forward and made you a better person.
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To be silent is to be passive.
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What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.
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I don't think that moms, with all that's going on in our society today, would want to put their kids in front of something that will be disheartening rather than uplifting.
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I can only live in my truth.
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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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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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As an actor, I've learned to become a detective. You have to figure out who that person is. If the character is a thief, you have to figure out what makes them a thief. Whatever the prevailing idiosyncrasy is, I have to find it in the script.
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The one thing that I realize - well, not the one thing, but it was a big thing - having in my head that I need to get healthier. It's been a very gradual process for me.
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