Octavia Spencer Quotes
Unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.
I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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.
Because we all come from different circumstances, our life experiences really color how we view things.
Where I'm from, you learned about God before you learned to read and write. Our faith is what grounds us.
As an actor, you don't become Meryl Streep by doing the same type of comedy. You get there by being challenged.
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.
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.
I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.
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.
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.
If you go through life and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
What's not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.
I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.
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.
I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure.
My mom always told me I could do or be anything I dared to dream, and I always wanted to work in the movie industry.
There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.
If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
If a little black girl in Montgomery, Alabama, or some far-reaching region sees something that I do and aspires to do it one day with the knowledge that she can achieve it, then hey, my work is done.
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.