My job as an artist is to present the material. My job as a woman is to receive from it what I need.
Octavia SpencerI have experienced loss in my life, but the thing that brings you back is your faith.
Octavia SpencerI'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.
Octavia SpencerAs an actor, I've learned to become a detective. You have to figure out who that person is. If the character is a thief, you have to figure out what makes them a thief. Whatever the prevailing idiosyncrasy is, I have to find it in the script.
Octavia SpencerI just think that you have to believe in yourself and you have to work very hard. You can't ever think that you're the best thing since sliced bread because I promise you, there are going to be Viola Davises and Jessica Chastains and Emma Stones who are the best thing since sliced bread. So take it seriously, but don't take it too seriously.
Octavia Spencer