When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
VIOLA DAVISCicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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That’s why there’s so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.
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I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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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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I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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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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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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I’m a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I’m a sitting duck because I can’t get ahead of them [cyber experts]. They’re far ahead of me. That’s what I learned: how vulnerable we are. It’s a big, silent monster out there. That’s what it feels like.
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It’s time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.
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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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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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