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.
VIOLA DAVISI am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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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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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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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.
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I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to conjure something in your mind to feel like it’s possible.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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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!
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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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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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