Octavia Spencer already has a special little man in her life - and his name is Oscar.

The 43-year-old revealed that the only mini person she plans to have in her house is her Academy Award - and she is 'fine' with that.

The Help star, who generally keeps her personal life private, spoke opening about her decision not to have children in an interview alongside Hollywood's hottest in The Hollywood Reporter.

Fine the way she is: Octavia Spencer told The Hollywood Reporter's annual Actress Issue's roundtable that she has no plans to have children

 

Oscar hopefuls Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Emma Thompson, Amy Adams, Octavia and Lupita Nyong'o all sat down with the magazine for its annual roundtable Actress Issue.

Octavia said motherhood is something she will never experience as she has made the decision not to have children.

'I should be married and have 19 kids,' she revealed during the discussion.

Career is her baby: The 43-year-old revealed the only mini person she plans to have in her house is her Academy Award that she won for The Help, the star joking her eggs were past their used by date

 

'And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date.'

Almost as if anticipating people may question whether this was a hard decision for her to make, the Oscar winner said she is far from sad about not having children.

'But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision.'

The actress is certainty not joking about the idea that she is meant to have a large family already, Octavia herself is the second youngest of a family of seven children.

The star seems to have had a recent change of heart saying in July she wanted to have at least one child.

Octavia told Parade: 'I definitely want kids. I wanted three, but I’m in my early 40s now, so I’d be happy to have one healthy baby.'

The star also touched on her rarely discussed private life, saying she is dating less now she is famous.

'The visibility is scary, so I get it. At this point, I’m not looking. He has to find his way to me. I’m totally fine with not being married or a mom right now. There was a time when that kind of stuff depressed me, but the universe had other things in store.'

The Fruitvale star said for her movie, in which she plays the mother of Oscar Grant who was tragically killed by a police officer on New Year's Eve 2009, she had to draw on different elements as she is not a mother herself.

The star told the other actresses: '[In] Fruitvale Station, I never played a real person, and there's a responsibility that is owed and a life that extends beyond the screen.

'And having to go to that place to where I'm not a mum, and having to imagine losing a child that I had to substitute for one of my nephews.'

Playing the role: The Fruitvale star said for the movie, in which she plays the mother of Oscar Grant who was killed by a police officer on New Year's Eve 2009, she had to draw on different elements.