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I can only live in my truth.

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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
Truth
Live

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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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As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.
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It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.
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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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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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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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My faith is tested daily.
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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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I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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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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It is important to learn as much as you can about the person and then throw it all away so that you're not in any way doing some sort of mimicry.
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I want to see more women as producers.
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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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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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Any upward movement is movement for us all.
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I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as artists, especially with so much uncertainty going on in the world, you want to be a part of things that offer or promote healing in some way and perhaps a little introspection once you leave.
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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'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.
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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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You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.
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