Octavia Spencer Quotes

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

I don’t have one role that I want to play. I guess… I want to be a producer. I want to be an activist. I want to be proactive in bringing about work for men, women, boys, girls, everybody who is good at what they do and deserve a shot at it.

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.

I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don’t have to be the damsel in distress. They don’t have to not show their strength. They don’t have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.

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.

What’s not fair is having the responsibility of a supervisor but not the title or the pay.

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

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

If you go through life and you don’t find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.

Any upward movement is movement for us all.

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’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.