I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
VIOLA DAVISEach role has its own different challenges.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don’t think it’s honest.
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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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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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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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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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I’ve been in this business 25 years. I’ve been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway… I’ve seen the unemployment line a lot.
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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.
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Acting, it’s the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it work.
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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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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 don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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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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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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