Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person’s capacity to love and communicate and forgive can be bigger than anything else.
VIOLA DAVISSometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes – that’s what it is, as an actor.
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 love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.
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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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I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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I can’t deal with actors! I can’t deal with myself. We’re neurotic and miserable… I love doing what I’m doing, but while I’m doing it, I’m miserable.
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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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Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one’s balance. I think that it’s very damaging.
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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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[I listen to] “Uptown Funk”, Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress – I listen to that.
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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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We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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