I am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
VIOLA DAVISTyler 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!
More Viola Davis Quotes
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We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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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And this is what was fascinating to me about ‘The Help’; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
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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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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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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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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
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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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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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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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