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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.

Octavia Spencer

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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 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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You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.
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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 excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to 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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I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.
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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 can only live in my truth.
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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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You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.
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My faith is tested daily.
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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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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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I want to find things that challenge me.
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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 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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I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.
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I'm an actor and I am looking for roles where I can continue to evolve, and things that are challenging. I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.
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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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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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