Octavia SpencerQuotes

Octavia Spencer
Birthday
May 25th, 1970
From
Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Actor

Never Been Kissed - The Magic of a Perfect Kiss

Josie Geller: That thing, that moment, when you kiss someone and everything around becomes hazy and the only thing in focus is you and this person and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life, and for one moment you get this amazing gift and you want to laugh and you want to cry because you feel so lucky that you found it and so scared that that it will go away all at the same time.
Cynthia: Damn, girl... you are a writer.

Snowpiercer - Sustainable Balance in a Closed System

Mason: [as sushi is prepared] You people are very lucky. This is only served twice in a year. In January and July.
Tanya: Why? Not enough fish?
Mason: Oh, enough is not the criterion. Balance. You see, this aquarium is a closed ecological system. And, um, the number of individual units must be very closely, precisely controlled. In order to maintain the proper sustainable balance.
Curtis: [[W:cockroach|made of] No. You eat this. You know what that's ]? Dig in.

Coach Carter - Empowerment and Teamwork in Overcoming Fear

Timo Cruz: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. Sir I just wanna say thank you...you saved my life.
Jason Lyle: You said we're a team. One person struggles, we all struggle. One person triumphs, we all triumph.
Mrs. Battle: After you lose a son, every time the phone rings, your heart stops.

Hidden Figures - Understanding Perspectives in a Shared Space

Vivian Mitchell: Despite what you may think, I have nothing against y'all.
Dorothy Vaughan: I know. I know you probably believe that.

Hidden Figures - Unexpected Car Trouble in a Difficult Situation

State Trooper: Not a great place for the three of y'all to be havin car trouble.
Mary Jackson: We didn't pick the place, Officer, it picked us.
State Trooper: [glaring at Mary] You bein disrespectful?
Mary Jackson: No, sir.
State Trooper: You have identification on ya?
Katherine: We sure do. We're just on our way to work. At Langley. NASA, sir.
Dorothy Vaughan: We do a great deal of the calculating getting our rockets into space.
State Trooper: All three of ya?
Mary Jackson: Yes, Officer.
State Trooper: NASA. That's somethin'. Had no idea they hired...
Dorothy Vaughan: [politely; the Trooper meant something else] There are quite a few women working in the Space Program.
State Trooper: [turning his attention back] Damn Russians are watching us right now. Sputniks. You girls ever meet those astronauts? The Mercury Seven?
Mary Jackson: Absolutely.
State Trooper: Alan Shepard? John Glenn?
Katherine Johnson: We work with those gentlemen all the time.
State Trooper: Those boys are the best we got. That's for sure. We have'ta get up there before the Commies do. Whole damn country's countin on em.
Dorothy Vaughan: That's for certain.
Mary Jackson: Hard to be of service broken down on the side of the road, though.
State Trooper: That's right. That's right. You need a tow or somethin'?
Dorothy Vaughan: [Dorothy touches the screwdriver to between the battery poles; the car starts.] No, thank you, Officer. I think I got it, right here. Just have to bypass the starter. That's a girl. We're all set.
State Trooper: Hell, least I can do is give you an escort. Imagine y'all are runnin late to work.
Katherine Johnson: Oh, we wouldn't want to trouble you-
Mary Jackson: That would be wonderful, Officer.
State Trooper: Follow me.
Mary Jackson: I'm drivin'. Hurry up, Dorothy, before he changes his mind.
Dorothy Vaughan: Slow down, Mary! You're too close!
Mary Jackson: He said to follow him.
Dorothy Vaughan: Doesn't mean you hit him in the ass!
Katherine Johnson: Dear Lord... please... I don't even know where to begin!
Mary Jackson: I'll tell you where to begin: three "colored" women are chasing a white police officer down a highway in Hampton, Virginia, 1961. Ladies, that there is a God-ordained miracle!
Katherine Johnson: Next time, I'm taking the bus!

Hidden Figures - Encouragement in a Challenging Environment

Dorothy Vaughan: [gets the IBM computer properly working] Thatta girl.

Hidden Figures - Acknowledgment of Truth in Reality

Dorothy Vaughan: This is all true!

Hidden Figures - Acting Right Ensures Being Right

Dorothy Vaughan: If you act right - you are right. That's for certain.

Hidden Figures - Understanding the Difference Between Separate and Equal

Dorothy Vaughan: Separate and equal are two different things. Just cause it's the way, doesn't make it right, understand?

The Help - Defiance in a Simple Statement

Minny Jackson: [to Hilly] Eat my shit.

The Help - Minny's Advice on Leaving Town

Minny Jackson: [to Eugenia] You ain't got nothing left here but enemies in the Junior League. You done burned every bridge there is. And you ain't never gonna get another man in this town, everybody know that. So don't walk your white butt to New York, run it!

The Help - The Comfort of Fried Chicken

Minny Jackson: Frying chicken just tend to make you feel better about life.