176 Quotes by Octavia Spencer

I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff.

There is so much art can do to enlighten people, no matter what their views might be. If art can't go there or doesn't elevate the social consciousness in some way, then we are in peril.

Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen.

I know I'm never going to be one of those size 2 actresses - that's just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.

Women drive box office.

I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.

People want to see more diversity. That's why you have the Kevin Hart making $17 million dollars on a holiday weekend.

I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.

People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.