--- title: "14 Thinking Quotes By Octavia Spencer" description: "14 Thinking quotes by Octavia Spencer. Plus more from Octavia Spencer and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/octavia-spencer-6802_abuse_i-ll-say-that-i-don-t-think-you-can-thro_1808411.jpg" --- > [I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-ll-say-that-i-don-t-think-you-can-throw-a-stone-and-not-come-in/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/octavia-spencer-6802_abuse_i-ll-say-that-i-don-t-think-you-can-thro_1808411.jpg) > [I don't ever want to be the type of person to tell you what to think or what to believe. Whatever stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-don-t-ever-want-to-be-the-type-of-person-to-tell-you-what-to-think/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2db/octavia-spencer-6802_believe_i-don-t-ever-want-to-be-the-type-of-pers_2807469.jpg) > [I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-think-if-i-weren-t-so-squeamish-i-would-have-been-some-sort-of/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/octavia-spencer-6802_analysts_i-think-if-i-weren-t-so-squeamish-i-woul_1804900.jpg) > [I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-hate-to-tell-people-what-they-should-think-cause-i-really-have-an/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cd/octavia-spencer-6802_aversion_i-hate-to-tell-people-what-they-should-t_1472190.jpg) > [I was starstruck and sweat a lot when I met Oprah Winfrey and tried to hug her. Because when you think you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-was-starstruck-and-sweat-a-lot-when-i-met-oprah-winfrey-and-tried/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/octavia-spencer-6802_couches_i-was-starstruck-and-sweat-a-lot-when-i_1911981.jpg) > [I don't think that moms, with all that's going on in our society today, would want to put their kids in front…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-don-t-think-that-moms-with-all-that-s-going-on-in-our-society-today/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1dd/octavia-spencer-6802_child_i-don-t-think-that-moms-with-all-that-s_2812630.jpg) > [The fact that women are very young in obtaining their civil rights and African-Americans are young in obtaining their civil rights, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/the-fact-that-women-are-very-young-in-obtaining-their-civil-rights/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c66/octavia-spencer-6802_african-american_the-fact-that-women-are-very-young-in-ob_2727702.jpg) > [I think it's actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-think-it-s-actually-a-misperception-that-i-am-a-comedic-actress-i/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c86/octavia-spencer-6802_actresses_i-think-it-s-actually-a-misperception-th_3229637.jpg) > [I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-look-for-roles-that-resonate-with-me-these-days-while-i-love/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/octavia-spencer-6802_art_i-look-for-roles-that-resonate-with-me-t_337855.jpg) > [I have always been very family-oriented. I came from a dysfunctional, broken family growing up, and it's probably instilled in me the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-have-always-been-very-family-oriented-i-came-from-a-dysfunctional/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd4/octavia-spencer-6802_broken_i-have-always-been-very-family-oriented_1748128.jpg) > [I don't think you learn as much about yourself when you are moving forwards as when you have fallen backwards. That's when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-don-t-think-you-learn-as-much-about-yourself-when-you-are-moving/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/octavia-spencer-6802_about-yourself_i-don-t-think-you-learn-as-much-about-yo_2133455.jpg) > [I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-think-that-young-women-and-little-girls-need-to-see-that-they-don-t/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/octavia-spencer-6802_damsel-in-distress_i-think-that-young-women-and-little-girl_1543527.jpg) > [I just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-just-think-that-you-have-to-believe-in-yourself-and-you-have-to/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/octavia-spencer-6802_actress_i-just-think-that-you-have-to-believe-in_3021098.jpg) > [At 21, you can live life with reckless abandon, as reckless as your abandon is. Then, at 30, there's something there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/at-21-you-can-live-life-with-reckless-abandon-as-reckless-as-your/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/205/octavia-spencer-6802_abandon_at-21-you-can-live-life-with-reckless-ab_340177.jpg) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-king-87054.jpg) Stephen King 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/stephen-king/) ## More by Octavia Spencer > [There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/there-are-enough-negative-images-of-black-women-out-there-and-i-did/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [Our challenges make us unique, and how we deal with them makes us unique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/our-challenges-make-us-unique-and-how-we-deal-with-them-makes-us/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [Because we all come from different circumstances, our life experiences really color how we view things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/because-we-all-come-from-different-circumstances-our-life-experiences/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/the-things-that-scare-you-only-make-you-better-and-stronger/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/every-character-i-get-to-play-has-some-element-of-who-i-am-but-there/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/meeting-oprah-winfrey-i-cried-like-a-baby-meeting-steven-spielberg-i/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [I do believe that everyone has something to contribute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-do-believe-that-everyone-has-something-to-contribute/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [I can only be the best version of myself and understand that the only way that we as a people can heal is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-can-only-be-the-best-version-of-myself-and-understand-that-the-only/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/the-first-time-i-saw-e-t-the-actual-image-of-an-alien-and-he-was-so/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [There is one thing about knowing history, and another in recreating it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/there-is-one-thing-about-knowing-history-and-another-in-recreating-it/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-m-an-actor-and-i-am-looking-for-roles-where-i-can-continue-to/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as artists, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-look-for-roles-that-resonate-with-me-these-days-while-i-love/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [At 21, you can live life with reckless abandon, as reckless as your abandon is. Then, at 30, there's something there are the supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/at-21-you-can-live-life-with-reckless-abandon-as-reckless-as-your/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/as-an-actor-i-ve-learned-to-become-a-detective-you-have-to-figure-out/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) > [I'm glad that I get to take my final walk as the princess of 2012. ...there's nothing wrong with winning an Oscar!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-m-glad-that-i-get-to-take-my-final-walk-as-the-princess-of-2012/) [Octavia Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-spencer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/octavia-spencer/#itemlist", "name": "14 Thinking Quotes By Octavia Spencer", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Octavia Spencer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-spencer/i-ll-say-that-i-don-t-think-you-can-throw-a-stone-and-not-come-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/octavia-spencer-6802_abuse_i-ll-say-that-i-don-t-think-you-can-thro_1808411.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/octavia-spencer-6802_abuse_i-ll-say-that-i-don-t-think-you-can-thro_1808411.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fab/octavia-spencer-6802_abuse_i-ll-say-that-i-don-t-think-you-can-thro_1808411.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't ever want to be the type of person to tell you what to think or what to believe. 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