I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
VIOLA DAVISIt feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
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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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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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I’ve always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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I can’t deal with actors! I can’t deal with myself. We’re neurotic and miserable… I love doing what I’m doing, but while I’m doing it, I’m miserable.
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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 would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that’s the one I’d be interested in redoing.
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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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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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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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I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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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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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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[I listen to] “Uptown Funk”, Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress – I listen to that.
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