I really believe things happen as they're supposed to and in the time that they're supposed to.
Octavia SpencerI like a person who knows how to say something dark at a very dark moment. The darker the moment and the darker the comic, the better. Something that is so wrong on all levels.
Octavia SpencerEven in my music, I am always searching for big, universal things - ways that you can sort of reach outside the norm of what you are doing.
Octavia SpencerUnfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.
Octavia SpencerI prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
Octavia SpencerWe know longer live in a homogenous society, it is not black, white, Asian or Latin, it is a melting pot. Until we learn to assimilate and learn about other cultures, we will continue to have racism problems. Of course, there are other '-isms' as our ills. We have sexism, ageism, elitism, homophobia-ism, there are many -isms we have to overcome.
Octavia Spencer