I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don’t think it’s honest.
VIOLA DAVISI would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that’s the one I’d be interested in redoing.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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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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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 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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I am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
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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 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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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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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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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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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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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. I think that’s a powerful message in this time of political strife.
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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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