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.
Octavia SpencerI hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
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 SpencerThere are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.
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