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.
VIOLA DAVISEach role has its own different challenges.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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That is a huge need for a lot of women, even in 2016. You can have the most ambitious career woman, and at the end of the day, she’s like, ‘I just want to be a mom.
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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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They say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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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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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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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 want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and funny, and quirky, and all the other things that I am. And I feel that the best way that I can achieve that is by producing.
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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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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 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 want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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