Octavia Spencer Quotes

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

One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes.

To be silent is to be passive.

I can only live in my truth.

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.

You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.

The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

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

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.

I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.

You just keep moving forward and doing what you do, and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.

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.

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.

You have to get out of your comfort zone in order to grow.

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

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

I was not a Girl Scout, but I try to be very prepared. I triple-Spanx!

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

I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.

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

My faith is tested daily.

I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!

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

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.

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.

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.

I want to find things that challenge me.

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

Any upward movement is movement for us all.

I want to see more women behind the scenes.

I want to see more women as producers.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I'm not a fan of 'Gone With the Wind.' I didn't like the movie. I didn't like the book.

I like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels.

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.

I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.

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.

I'm glad that I get to take my final walk as the princess of 2012. ...there's nothing wrong with winning an Oscar!

I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start thinking about the world of germs around us.

I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.

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

I'm attracted to things that make me want to be a better person.

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