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I want to find things that challenge me.

Octavia Spencer

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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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I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script.
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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 do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.
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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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I want to see more women as producers.
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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'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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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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Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.
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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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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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I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.
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Any upward movement is movement for us all.
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You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.
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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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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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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 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'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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