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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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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
Actor
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Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Montgomery
Alabama
Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
Montgomery
Alabama
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I can only live in my truth.
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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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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'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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What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.
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To be silent is to be passive.
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I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.
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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'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'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 want to find things that challenge me.
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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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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 just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.
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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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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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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 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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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 prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
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