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Any upward movement is movement for us all.
Octavia Spencer
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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
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Montgomery
Alabama
Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
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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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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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I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, 'Maybe I want to be an actor.' And she said, 'Maybe not that.'
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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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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'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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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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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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To be silent is to be passive.
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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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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 think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.
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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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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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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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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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I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.
Octavia Spencer
You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.
Octavia Spencer
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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What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.
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