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.
VIOLA DAVISI think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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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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Your 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.
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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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That’s why there’s so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.
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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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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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I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
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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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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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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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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 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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Do not live someone else’s life and someone else’s idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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