They say the two most important days in a person’s life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.
VIOLA DAVISTyler Perry’s ‘Madea Goes to Jail!’ Which, I have to tell you, of everything that I’ve ever done in my career, that’s the only thing that’s perked up the ears of my nieces and nephews. That is it, that’s done it for them. That made me a bona fide star in their eyes!
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Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes – that’s what it is, as an actor.
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I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
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That is a huge need for a lot of women, even in 2016. You can have the most ambitious career woman, and at the end of the day, she’s like, ‘I just want to be a mom.
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They say the two most important days in a person’s life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.
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Relationships change us and make us grow.
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I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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And this is what was fascinating to me about ‘The Help’; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
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And “classically not beautiful” is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you.
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[I listen to] “Uptown Funk”, Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress – I listen to that.
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I would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that’s the one I’d be interested in redoing.
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I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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