Octavia Spencer Quotes - Page 3

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• I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian.

  Octavia Spencer

  Drama, Thinking, People

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

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Unexpected, Existence, Unexpected Places

  Source: collider.com

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• What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.

  Octavia Spencer

  Responsibility, Titles, Pay

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.

  Octavia Spencer

  Believe, Happens, Things Happen

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• My job as an artist is to present the material. My job as a woman is to receive from it what I need.

  Octavia Spencer

  Jobs, Artist, Needs

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Healing, Thinking, Artist

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Important

  Source: www.hollywood.com

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• We know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until we learn to assimilate and learn about other cultures, we will continue to have racism problems. Of course, there are other '-isms' as our ills. We have sexism, ageism, elitism, homophobia-ism, there are many -isms we have to overcome.

  Octavia Spencer

  Latin, Other Cultures, White

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• I want to find things that challenge me.

  Octavia Spencer

  Challenges, Want

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Even in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.

  Octavia Spencer

  Way, Bigs, Norm

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• I want to see more women behind the scenes.

  Octavia Spencer

  Behind The Scenes, Want, Scene

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• There is one thing about knowing history, and another in recreating it.

  Octavia Spencer

  Knowing, One Thing

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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• It's very seldom that we see the good of the South. There is a perception that Southerners are racists and everyone else in the nation is 'enlightened.' There is racism everywhere, and there is good everywhere.

  Octavia Spencer

  Racism, Perception, Racist

  Source: www.hollywoodchicago.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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• 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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Luxury, People, African American

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Any upward movement is movement for us all.

  Octavia Spencer

  Movement

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I want to see more women as producers.

  Octavia Spencer

  Want, Producers

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• I'm starstruck everyday. The day I'm not starstruck, I'll have to retire.

  Octavia Spencer

  Everyday, Retiring

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• Every character I get to play has some element of who I am, but there's no fun in playing yourself. At least, for me, there isn't.

  Octavia Spencer

  Fun, Character, Who I Am

  Source: collider.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Dieting, Want, Realizing

  Source: www.glamour.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Thinking, Sweat, People

  Source: www.glamour.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Interesting, Challenges, Roles

  "Octavia Spencer Talks RED BAND SOCIETY, Her Character’s Journey in Season 1, Favorite Scenes, and More". Interview, collider.com. September 16, 2014.

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• You never write a speech in advance because if you don't get to use it, you'll be heartbroken.

  Octavia Spencer

  Heartbroken, Writing, Use

  Source: www.glamour.com

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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.

  Octavia Spencer

  Needs, Realizing, Process

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I think it's about time that we extend that to all Americans, whether straight, gay, purple, green, black, brown.

  Octavia Spencer

  Gay, Thinking, Rights

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