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I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
Octavia Spencer
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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
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Montgomery
Alabama
Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
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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 want to see more women as producers.
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I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.
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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'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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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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We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until we learn to assimilate and learn about other cultures, we will continue to have racism problems. Of course, there are other '-isms' as our ills. We have sexism, ageism, elitism, homophobia-ism, there are many -isms we have to overcome.
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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 gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.
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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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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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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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I didn't realize that diets don't work, and I did not want to diet. I didn't want to do anything that required dieting.
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For me, when you have to prepare to play God, and then walking away from that, you realize just how tough God's job is. I don't want that job.
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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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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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To be silent is to be passive.
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The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.
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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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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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