Octavia Spencer (Truth Be Told, The Help, Hidden Figures) is an award-winning actress and producer. Octavia joins the Armchair Expert to discuss being forced to grow up quickly, insecurities around auditioning for roles, and the difference between being nice and being kind. Octavia and Dax talk about being in a comedy troupe together, the time Dax met Samuel L. Jackson, and their fascination with serial killers. Octavia explains why it's important to know your value as an actor, how winning an Oscar changed her life, and why she would describe herself as a hypochondriac.
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Mrs. Mouse! Hi! I can't help but notice. Tell me. Your fancy book is still here. Are you meaning to keep it here?
No, I'm not meaning to in fact it's gonna go right under the television set on that main set up there It also can live here
We need a better spot for that. In pure defense it was back here because we had guests so out of sight. Oh my god, out of my... Out of your purview.
This is something that weighs on my consciousness. So right before we record generally, before I come out of the house, I think, ah, fuck, I haven't brought in my foot massager or my.
Oh, I haven't hung the painting by Wob and everyone thinks I don't appreciate their gifts. This is what I think
every time I walk here. And then I think, I've got to come in here one day when I'm not recording and get my shit. - Sure, I understand.
This happens to me, I keep stuff in my car for way too long. - I know, and the Christmas presents I got in the living room, they're sitting in the corner still.
- I'm bad at it. - It's what I'm doing. - What are you doing? - Tomorrow, my record player's getting set up. - It is, by who? - Am I coming over to play? - No, I did ask Rob to do it, but no.
Mackenzie is gonna do it. - Does Mackenzie have any hi-fi experience? - No. - Or she's just gonna figure it out? - She's gonna figure it out and she asked me to send her the brand. - So she could watch some YouTube?
- She's very competent. - Okay, great. - It's easy, the only tricky part is the weight. - Okay, I trust her. - Like I fully expect that record.
Player to stay on open for like nine months. Like I'm impressed that you're going to get it.
- No, I want to use it. - I know, that has no bearing on it for me. Like I wanna see that beautiful crow hung up in here. I want to see that beautiful Formula One book in my home. I want a foot massage.
- Just don't, I don't know what, I just don't do anything. - I get it, there's too much to do in this world. - I'm impotent, I just can't. - No you're not, you just have a lot going on.
- Thank you, and I apologize. - No, you don't have to apologize. I just was wondering if we were keeping it here, we should set it up. - We'll get like a display table. - Yeah. - Yeah.
- You know what would have been fun if we had a guest book over the years, I guess? I hate signing guest books. - Yeah. - You know? - Me too.
- Not a guest book of everyone that's come here. - I do too, but it wouldn't be us really, to ask people to do that. - It's not our style.
-When they use it before they make-- -That would be cool. -Like, if you're in there, you could sign it. -Sign it.
- If you want it to. - Yeah. Okay, TBD, that's not what you say. Okay, old friend of mine is here today, Octavia Spencer. It's been years since we caught up. It was so heartwarming and wonderful.
- She's awesome. - She is. This is gonna be an Easter egg. Thank 'em, honey. New favorite catchphrase. Might be my, 2023 might be thank you, honey. It's so powerful. - Oh, thank 'em. - Thank 'em, honey. I already fucked it up. - Oh my God. - This is the thing with catchphrases. You gotta get 'em right. Or it's just a catch theme.
That's right. Yeah, you got to say the same thing over again Octavia Spencer is an Academy Award-winning actor and producer. You loved her in the help hidden figures ma self-made Spirited and she has a show that she executive produces. She's fully immersed in truth, but told an
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And please enjoy the sweetest loveliest my old friend Octavia Spencer. Thank them honey. Okay. Don't say it too much. Let her say it. You're right.
Thank you, honey, well they say thank you honey, I shouldn't call you honey first off and then I think hers is just thank them
- That was thank 'em honey, yeah, yeah. There was a mix. - Well, you were gonna make a shirt that said thank 'em. - I wanted to make thank 'em honey. - Oh, whatever.
So I might launch a honey brand called think of money. You're not taking her shit. All right, please enjoy.
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- Oh, you're so delicious. What are we eating here, chili? - Chicken tikki marsala.
Marceline. This ain't right, Monica. No, but it's okay. What is it? Tikka.
- Close, close. You want to make it Hawaiian, but it's not. It's just not. - Chicken tiki. - Chicken tiki. - Chicken tiki Marsala. - You want a coffee? - Oh no, I was offered it. It smells so damn good. But the reason why I have to do my coffee at home now.
Is 'cause somebody has a lot of inflammation. - Oh! - Oh, yeah. - And I'm off dairy, and it is the hardest breakup. - Yeah. - You know, there's some things you can break up with, but dairy is the longest relationship I've had in my entire life. - Yeah, that's not nice. - No. - I was vegan for one year, and I had assumed it was.
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