I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
VIOLA DAVISI am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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 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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That’s how I digest it, ’cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I’m gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.
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I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to conjure something in your mind to feel like it’s possible.
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Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it’s filet mignon.
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I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
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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.
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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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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.
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I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about me.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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I can’t deal with actors! I can’t deal with myself. We’re neurotic and miserable… I love doing what I’m doing, but while I’m doing it, I’m miserable.
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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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