Explore Quotes by Octavia Spencer

I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.

Auditions make me nervous; any time I have to perform, I get stage fright.

When my car broke down in L.A., nobody stopped. They just kept whizzing by.

I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.

Needless to say, I would have loved to have been a black belt instead of actually just wearing one to hold up my pants!

I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.

There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.

It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis.

I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.'

If you come out of the gate with a finger pointed, then you really aren't opening the door to any sort of resolution to whatever the problem may be. Whether it's about race or sexual orientation or religion, if you can't empathize with the opposing party, then you can't really meet in the middle.

Angry or not. It's a human emotion. But you can't walk around being angry all the time. What a dull person you'd have to be!

My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.

I have a great team at WME.

Hollywood is strange in and of itself. People dress up and pretend to be other people, and you can either make millions of dollars, or no money. It's odd.

There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how many times is that film going to get funded? Let's just be real. But it's not just black people. It's Asians, it's Hispanic people if you're not Salma Hayek. It's hard. It's hard to get films funded.

Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.

I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime.

The pace of television is very different from film.

I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.

You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer.

I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.