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As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.
Octavia Spencer
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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
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Film Actor
Television Actor
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Montgomery
Alabama
Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
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Any upward movement is movement for us all.
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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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To be silent is to be passive.
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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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You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.
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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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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'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to 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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The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.
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I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.
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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 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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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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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 do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.
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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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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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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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