176 Quotes by Octavia Spencer

Life is too short, and I need to eat. I am my meanest when I haven't had a meal.

I will live in TV Land watching 'Columbo.' I also like my 'Forensic Files,' all of that true crime.

My life is exactly the way it needs to be.

I've seen too many sunrises, as far as the walk of shame, staying out too late doing very bad things.

Let me tell you, my career went from zero to 900. Its hard keeping up with that pace, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.

I choose projects that resonate with me on some personal level and projects that I'm afraid to do. If I'm afraid to do them, then I usually say yes, because it means that I'm not ready to go there and deal with certain aspects of the script. And that means that I need to do it, because the things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

My idea of success is not Oscars. Am I glad I have that little trinket? Yes, I am. But it depends on how you define success. The minute I got my first professional cheque from Joel Schumacher, I was successful. Somebody's paying me to act!

I was an intern on a film called 'The Long Walk Home.'

There are so few roles out there. And even if it is a film that could be led by a black actress, how many times is that film going to get funded? Let's just be real. But it's not just black people. It's Asians, it's Hispanic people if you're not Salma Hayek. It's hard. It's hard to get films funded.