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  • Viola Davis Quote - 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. Download This Image
  • Viola Davis Quote - 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.
  • Viola Davis Quote - 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.
  • Viola Davis Quote - 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.
  • Viola Davis Quote - 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.
  • Viola Davis Quote - 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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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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - I’m a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I’m a sitting duck because I can’t get ahead of them [cyber experts]. They’re far ahead of me. That’s what I learned: how vulnerable we are. It’s a big, silent monster out there. That’s what it feels like. Download This Image

    I’m a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I’m a sitting duck because I can’t get ahead of them [cyber experts]. They’re far ahead of me. That’s what I learned: how vulnerable we are. It’s a big, silent monster out there. That’s what it feels like.

    VIOLA DAVIS
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - People are just not impressed by me at home. Download This Image

    People are just not impressed by me at home.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish. Download This Image

    I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent. Download This Image

    I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself. Download This Image

    When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one’s balance. I think that it’s very damaging. Download This Image

    Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one’s balance. I think that it’s very damaging.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. Download This Image

    At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - Each role has its own different challenges. Download This Image

    Each role has its own different challenges.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - Tyler 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! Download This Image

    Tyler 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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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - And that’s what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves – parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it’s pretty spectacular. Download This Image

    And that’s what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves – parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it’s pretty spectacular.

    VIOLA DAVIS
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working. Download This Image

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

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?” Download This Image

    I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age. Download This Image

    We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. And I think that’s a powerful message in this time of political strife. Download This Image

    Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. And I think that’s a powerful message in this time of political strife.

    VIOLA DAVIS
  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - As an artist, you’ve got to see the mess. That’s what we do. We get a human being, and it’s like putting together a puzzle. And the puzzle has got to be a mixture, a multifaceted mixture of human emotions, and not all of it is going to be pretty. Download This Image

    As an artist, you’ve got to see the mess. That’s what we do. We get a human being, and it’s like putting together a puzzle. And the puzzle has got to be a mixture, a multifaceted mixture of human emotions, and not all of it is going to be pretty.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Viola Davis Quote - 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. Download This Image

    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