I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
VIOLA DAVISI just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
More Viola Davis Quotes
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I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.
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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. And 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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I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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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 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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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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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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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 have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
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I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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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 just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
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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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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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They say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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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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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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I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we’ll be able to give some young writers with fresh voices an opportunity to put their work out there.
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I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
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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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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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