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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.
Octavia Spencer
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Octavia Spencer
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 25
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Film Actor
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Montgomery
Alabama
Octavia Lenora Spencer
Octavia L. Spencer
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I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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I was starstruck and sweat a lot when I met Oprah Winfrey and tried to hug her. Because when you think you know people when you see them from your couch.
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I can only live in my truth.
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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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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 find things that challenge 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'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.
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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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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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Civil rights happened because youth got involved. The youth stood up and helped to break the pattern that their parents had got accustomed to living. The next generation has to take that stand for whatever it is, socially, that they are involved in.
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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 can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live.
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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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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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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 gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.
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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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As an actor, I've learned to become a detective. You have to figure out who that person is. If the character is a thief, you have to figure out what makes them a thief. Whatever the prevailing idiosyncrasy is, I have to find it in the script.
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