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Octavia Spencer is an accomplished American actress known for her remarkable performances in film and television. Born on May 25, 1970, she has been recognized with numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Spencer is celebrated for her roles in films such as 'The Artist', 'The Help', and 'Hidden Figures'.

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Famous Octavia Spencer Quotes

“I can only live in my truth.”

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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.”

People Faces Discrimination Luxury African American Sexism Overweight

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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.”

People Way May Mean Persons I Can Next Journey Heal Versions Being The Best

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

Believe Children

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“I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.”

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

Should I Can Artist Speak

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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.”

Ifs Persons Character Actors Figures Scripts I've Learned Thieves Detectives Prevailing Idiosyncrasies

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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.”

Doe Might Influence Behavior Behavior Change

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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.”

Knows Problem Culture Courses Black White Racism Overcoming Latin Sexism Pot Asian Melting Homophobia Isms Other Cultures Elitism Black White Melting Pot Ageism

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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.”

Nations Perception Racism South Enlightened Racist Southerner

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

Knowing One Thing

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“I have experienced loss in my life, but the thing that brings you back is your faith.”

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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.”

Want Play Jobs Realizing Walking Tough Walking Away

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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.”

Way Bigs Universal Reach Out Norm

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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.”

Thinking Want Needs Strong Growing Up Growing Broken Foundation Strong Family Broken Family Family Oriented Family Growing Up

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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."”

Men Made Sometimes Moving Process Behinds Steps Progress Journey Amount Moving Forward About Yourself Pace Backwards Rapids Learning About Yourself

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“I don't think you learn as much about yourself when you are moving forwards as when you have fallen backwards. That's when you really learn who you are. And reach for the things that have propelled you forward and made you a better person.”

Thinking Persons Made Moving Who You Are Moving Forward Fallen About Yourself Backwards Better Person

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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.”

People Church Core Backgrounds Who We Are Alabama Montgomery

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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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“My faith is tested daily.”

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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.”

People Thinking Should Hate Causes I Hate Aversion

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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.”

Knows Challenges Common One Thing Free Life

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“Our challenges make us unique, and how we deal with them makes us unique.”

Challenges Deals Unique

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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.”

Needs Jobs Artist Materials

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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.”

Ifs Needs Giving Mind Reason Form Black Blessing Black Women Need God

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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.”

Thinking World Way Want Looks Littles Artist Healing Roles Offers Entertainment Uncertainty These Days Introspection Fabulous

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“Because we all come from different circumstances, our life experiences really color how we view things.”

Different Views Our Lives Color Circumstances Life Experience

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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.”

Thinking Want Believe Persons Stage Type Conclusion I Want You

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

Believe Happens Things Happen

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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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“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.”

Enough Black Integrity Negative Stereotype Black Women

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“I'm not an optimist. I'm a realist. And my reality is that we live in a multifaceted, multicultural world. And maybe once we stop labeling ourselves, then maybe everyone else will.”

World Reality Optimist Realist Multicultural Labeling

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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.”

Ifs Art Dream Destiny Please Art Is Educate Receiving I Respect You

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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.”

Ifs School Law Gone Type If I Could Contracts Affinity Law School

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“The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.”

Way Active Proactive

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“As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.”

Way Should Important Notes Plenty Fuel Maps Highways Tanks

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“I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.”

Way I Can Hollywood Typical Beacons

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“I gotta go home and feed my eels. They're not electric, but I have a plan.”

Home Plans Electric Eels

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“Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.”

Giving Littles Christian Pain Love You Please Weight Sorry Shoes Honey Platforms Worth It I Love You Stunning Louboutins

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About the Author

Born: May 25, 1970
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 89

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