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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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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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Tendencies
Uncomfortable
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Speak
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I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.
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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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My faith is tested daily.
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To be silent is to be passive.
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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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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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