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 DAVISYour internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It’s always the unspoken word and what’s happening behind someone’s eyes that makes it so rich.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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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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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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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.
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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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They say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.
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I am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
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You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.
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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.
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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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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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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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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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