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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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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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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 can only live in my truth.
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People who are overweight face discrimination. African-Americans face discrimination. Women face discrimination and sexism. So I don't have the luxury of not being tolerant of anyone.
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I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.
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I don't have one role that I want to play. I guess... I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.
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I was starstruck and sweat a lot when I met Oprah Winfrey and tried to hug her. Because when you think you know people when you see them from your couch.
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I don't ever want to be the type of person to tell you what to think or what to believe. Whatever stage in your life that you are in, I want you to organically reach whatever conclusions that you possibly reach.
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I can only be the best version of myself and understand that the only way that we as a people can heal is to understand that the next person's journey may not be your own, but it doesn't mean that you have to marginalize them in any way.
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God in my mind gives you what you need. So, if you need God to be a black woman and you need that for whatever your reasons are, then perhaps your blessings will come in that form.
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It is important to learn as much as you can about the person and then throw it all away so that you're not in any way doing some sort of mimicry.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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My faith is tested daily.
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I can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live.
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Any upward movement is movement for us all.
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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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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 want to see more women behind the scenes.
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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 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 hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.
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