Tyler Perry’s ‘Madea Goes to Jail!’ Which, I have to tell you, of everything that I’ve ever done in my career, that’s the only thing that’s perked up the ears of my nieces and nephews. That is it, that’s done it for them. That made me a bona fide star in their eyes!
VIOLA DAVISCreativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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And that’s what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves – parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it’s pretty spectacular.
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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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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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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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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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I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
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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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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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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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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 don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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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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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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