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.
VIOLA DAVISI talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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One of the people I’ve always wanted to emulate in pursuing that dream was Meryl Streep, in terms of the different types of roles she’s been able to play and the number of different stories she’s been able to tell.
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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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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Relationships change us and make us grow.
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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 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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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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I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
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And “classically not beautiful” is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you.
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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 am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we’ll be able to give some young writers with fresh voices an opportunity to put their work out there.
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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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