Octavia Spencer Quotes

Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing.

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

If you are not happy with something, you should change it. So I went to a lot of therapy, and finally, I am able to speak up for myself: You are going to hear me roar!

We have so much room for improvement. Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory... of how we are taking responsibility.

I need to learn to be more assertive.

I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.

Writing makes you more human.

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness.

Even within the last three or four years, I have a greater ability to communicate, I think. I have more courage to show the stuff... And it does take courage.

Well I think that you have to be open and honest in order to learn from your mistakes and be able to correct them in the future to understand what would happen to take things off course. And if we don't address these issues openly and honestly then we don't learn.

As I've gotten to know myself over the years, I realised I'm kind of a sweet, sensitive guy, a shy guy, and communication is not something I'm so good at.

You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.

It does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year

It is not easy for me to accept criticism and reassess my way of doing things.

For our improvement we need a mirror.

If your character doesn't express himself or doesn't feel confident expressing himself, then you don't express yourself.

Maybe almost 20 years ago, I was like, 'God, I need to be more direct.' And I found times that I could practice it when it was maybe not my family or friends or co-workers. It's a quality that's rarely disliked.

Opening up is something I have to learn how to do if I'm going to be in this business.

Looking inward and understanding where you made mistakes in the past helps you set up for change.

Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism.

I didn't mean to offend anybody. It's my filter. I constantly work on it.

I personally think that it is acceptable if I take a step forward and can act with more diverse expressions and feelings.

I think that's probably one of my favorite things - learning and creating incredible relationships and making mistakes and being responsible for that.