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That’s why there’s so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

Viola Davis

Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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Age Escaping Writing
Relationships change us and make us grow.
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Inspire Shapes Way
Ultimately, it’s not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people’s expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you are just who you are.
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Believe Sex Thinking
I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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Artist Feelings Struggle
If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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Desperate Situations Mother Two
And “classically not beautiful” is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you.
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Womanhood
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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Ends The End Of The Day World
I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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Limits Want
I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
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Fabulous Looks Want
I’ve been to acting school and I think that at the end of the day, when you just focus on the work and you’re comfortable with who you are, that at some point someone’s going to recognize your talent and give you an opportunity.
VIOLA DAVIS

Long Numbers Queens
I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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Embrace Sexy Who I Am
It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
VIOLA DAVIS

Missing People Thinking
Knowing the only way out is education, even if you don’t have parents that are extraordinarily wealthy. I understand that I have to be an active participant in [my daughter’s] education in order for her to thrive in the world.
VIOLA DAVIS

Remakes Stars Thelma And Louise
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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Dream Mind Thinking
When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
VIOLA DAVIS

Bigger Passion
I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
VIOLA DAVIS

Mistake Opportunity Thinking

That’s why there’s so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

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