And this is what was fascinating to me about ‘The Help’; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
VIOLA DAVISI 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.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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Relationships change us and make us grow.
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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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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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Knowing the only way out is education, even if you don’t have parents that are extraordinarily wealthy. I understand that I have to be an active participant in [my daughter’s] education in order for her to thrive in the world.
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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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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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As an artist, you’ve got to see the mess. That’s what we do. We get a human being, and it’s like putting together a puzzle. And the puzzle has got to be a mixture, a multifaceted mixture of human emotions, and not all of it is going to be pretty.
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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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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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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 needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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