I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
At 21, you can live life with reckless abandon, as reckless as your abandon is. Then, at 30, there's something there are… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I have always been very family-oriented. I came from a dysfunctional, broken family growing up, and it's probably instilled in me the… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I was starstruck and sweat a lot when I met Oprah Winfrey and tried to hug her. Because when you think you… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I don't think you learn as much about yourself when you are moving forwards as when you have fallen backwards. That's when… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I don't ever want to be the type of person to tell you what to think or what to believe. Whatever stage… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I don't think that moms, with all that's going on in our society today, would want to put their kids in front… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
Our challenges make us unique, and how we deal with them makes us unique. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
Because we all come from different circumstances, our life experiences really color how we view things. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
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,… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I can only be the best version of myself and understand that the only way that we as a people can heal is to… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
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. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
There is one thing about knowing history, and another in recreating it. — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
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… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as artists, especially… — Octavia Spencer Copy Share Image
