Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it’s filet mignon.
VIOLA DAVISIf the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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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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I am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
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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.
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They say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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And this is what was fascinating to me about ‘The Help’; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
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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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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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It’s time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.
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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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Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.
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In my mind, I see a line. And over that line, I see green fields and lovely flowers and beautiful, white women with their arms stretched out to me over that line, but I can’t seem to get there now. I can’t seem to get over that line.
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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
VIOLA DAVIS