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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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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
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You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.
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I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.
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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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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 probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
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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 want to see more women as producers.
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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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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 gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.
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I don't think that moms, with all that's going on in our society today, would want to put their kids in front of something that will be disheartening rather than uplifting.
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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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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 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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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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