I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.
Octavia SpencerEvery character I get to play has some element of who I am, but there's no fun in playing yourself. At least, for me, there isn't.
Octavia SpencerI'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
Octavia SpencerYou cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not.
Octavia Spencer