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You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.
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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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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I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.
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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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I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.
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I can only live in my truth.
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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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You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.
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You know, bigotry isn't relevant to just the South. It never was. But I'm very grateful that I don't know what it's like from experience.
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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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I want to see more women as producers.
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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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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 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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I'm glad that I get to take my final walk as the princess of 2012. ...there's nothing wrong with winning an Oscar!
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I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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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.
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To be silent is to be passive.
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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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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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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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