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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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!
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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Actor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and all of a sudden one thing happens, and it finally clicks.
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I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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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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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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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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 have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
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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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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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It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
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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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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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Each role has its own different challenges.
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I guess they say, “Necessity is the mother of invention” because you have two stark choices when you find yourself in a really desperate situation. You can either fold and cave-in to it or you can become really passionate about getting out of it.
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I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
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