Octavia Spencer Quotes - Page 2

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• My faith is tested daily.

  Octavia Spencer

  Tested

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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• There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.

  Octavia Spencer

  Integrity, Black, Negative

  Source: www.hollywood.com

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• Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

  Octavia Spencer

  Mind, Speak, Tendencies

  "Interview with Octavia Spencer of The Help". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. August 9, 2011.

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Oscars, Whatever Happens, Happens

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• Only when you find the courage to say something to someone that might influence a change in your behavior, does that behavior change.

  Octavia Spencer

  Behavior Change, Doe, Might

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Blessing, Giving, Mind

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I do believe that we're all God's children.

  Octavia Spencer

  Children, Believe

  Source: www.npr.org

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  People, Church, Alabama

  Source: www.christianpost.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Actors, Comedy, Type

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me.

  Octavia Spencer

  Issues, Race, People

  "Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien", www.cnn.com. February 21, 2013.

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• Unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.

  Octavia Spencer

  Color, Creating, Roles

  Source: www.ebony.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Uplifting, Mom, Kids

  Source: www.npr.org

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Speak, Excited, Projects

  Source: www.ebony.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Character, Thieves, Actors

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I can't speak for what other artists should do. I can only tell you how I live.

  Octavia Spencer

  Artist, Speak, Should

  Source: www.npr.org

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Jobs, Walking Away, Play

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Mean, Levels, Scripts

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• There are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.

  Octavia Spencer

  Growth, Moments, Seeking

  Source: collider.com

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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

  Hate, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Believe, Thinking, Want

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• The older you get, you always learn more. Sometimes it's a process of learning about yourself and what your journey is. Sometimes the process moves forward at a rapid pace in a short amount of time - or moves backwards. And you're like, "Man, I thought I had made so much progress, and now all of a sudden, I'm 10 steps further behind than when I started."

  Octavia Spencer

  Moving, Journey, Men

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• I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.

  Octavia Spencer

  Believe, Thinking, Promise

  "OTRC: Oscars 2012: Octavia Spencer backstage: I hope I can be 'beacon of hope'". Press Backstage at the Academy Awards, abc7.com. February 26, 2012.

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• As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having the race conversation so that we can get women further on. You know, a female president now that we have an African American president. Maybe we can get an Asian female, a gay person?

  Octavia Spencer

  Gay, Race, African American

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• I have always been very family-oriented. I came from a dysfunctional, broken family growing up, and it's probably instilled in me the need and the want to have a strong family and a great foundation. So I think that is something that I naturally gravitate toward.

  Octavia Spencer

  Strong, Growing Up, Thinking

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• I have an affinity for the law. I like looking at the small type on contracts, and if I could have afforded law school, I probably would have gone.

  Octavia Spencer

  School, Law, Gone

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