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I’ve been in this business 25 years. I’ve been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway… I’ve seen the unemployment line a lot.

Viola Davis

I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
VIOLA DAVIS

Embrace Sexy Who I Am
I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
VIOLA DAVIS

Mistake Opportunity Thinking
Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
VIOLA DAVIS

Dose Good Health Healthy
It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
VIOLA DAVIS

Missing People Thinking
I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
VIOLA DAVIS

Limits Want
I’ve always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.
VIOLA DAVIS

Believe People The End Of The Day
It’s time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.
VIOLA DAVIS

Chickens Fried Chicken Special
Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
VIOLA DAVIS

Age Escaping Writing
Actor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and all of a sudden one thing happens, and it finally clicks.
VIOLA DAVIS

Ems Girl Looks
Relationships change us and make us grow.
VIOLA DAVIS

Inspire Shapes Way
All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn’t have to be huge and humongous.
VIOLA DAVIS

Grows
I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.
VIOLA DAVIS

Fence Perfect Shows
I’ve been to acting school and I think that at the end of the day, when you just focus on the work and you’re comfortable with who you are, that at some point someone’s going to recognize your talent and give you an opportunity.
VIOLA DAVIS

Long Numbers Queens
If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
VIOLA DAVIS

Desperate Situations Mother Two
I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
VIOLA DAVIS

Ideas Opportunity School
I’ve been in this business 25 years. I’ve been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway… I’ve seen the unemployment line a lot.
VIOLA DAVIS

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