Quote by Octavia Spencer
I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical.

I was always a closet lover of acting. My mom was very practical. She never, ever restricted our dreams, always told us we could do or be anything. Then I said, Maybe I want to be an actor. And she said, Maybe not that. – Octavia Spencer

Other quotes by Octavia Spencer

I 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 Spencer

Category:
Beauty
Read Quote

I think its actually a misperception that I am a comedic actress. I do more drama than comedy but very little of it has been seen. When you are in big funny movies and they do well and your little part in it kind of explodes people perceive you as a comedian. – Octavia Spencer

Category:
funny
Read Quote

You 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 youre putting out there, if its received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If its not received, great, I respect you for not. – Octavia Spencer

Category:
Dreams
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Dreams
category

O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from my dreams, now I have reached a point where those dreams are about to become fused with apparent realities: now there is only room here for myself. – Louis Aragon

Category:
Dreams

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Make sure you eat a variety of foods, get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle. – Sasha Cohen

Category:
Dreams

If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. – Nelson Mandela

Category:
Dreams

I couldnt help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasnt one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. – Julian Castro

Category:
Dreams

Random Quotes

That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal but the methods, the particulars of that control, vary from one culture to another. – Kenneth L. Pike

Category:
Society

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. – Charley Pride

Category:
Dreams

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say Im a dreamer, but Im not the only one. I hope someday youll join us, and the world will be as one. – John Lennon

Category:
Hope

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that Im a person. Then maybe Ill be a great actress. – Marilyn Monroe

Category:
great