I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
VIOLA DAVISOrdinary 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. I think that’s a powerful message in this time of political strife.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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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It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
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One of the people I’ve always wanted to emulate in pursuing that dream was Meryl Streep, in terms of the different types of roles she’s been able to play and the number of different stories she’s been able to tell.
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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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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I want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and funny, and quirky, and all the other things that I am. And I feel that the best way that I can achieve that is by producing.
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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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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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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.
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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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Acting, it’s the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it work.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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