CBS/AP/ March 21, 2012, 2:34 PM

Octavia Spencer gets hometown honor

Octavia Spencer arrives at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., March 21, 2012.

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(CBS/AP) It's Octavia Spencer Day in Alabama. The Oscar-winning actress was honored Wednesday at the Alabama Statehouse, where about 400 people turned out to welcome her.

She rode up to the Statehouse in a pink limousine for the Wednesday ceremony. As she stepped out, she was serenaded by the band from her alma mater, Jefferson Davis High School.

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A Montgomery native, Spencer told the crowd that she would do whatever she could to see that more movies are made in Alabama. She also cautioned young people in the audience to think twice before heading to Hollywood to become a movie star.

Spencer was then honored by a joint session of the Legislature.

Spencer won this year's best supporting actress Oscar for her performance as a maid in "The Help." She'll be back in theaters soon, appearing in the film, "Smash," with Megan Mullally and Aaron Paul. The movie premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.