I’ve been in this business 25 years. I’ve been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway… I’ve seen the unemployment line a lot.
VIOLA DAVISOrdinary 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.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
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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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I would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that’s the one I’d be interested in redoing.
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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’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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I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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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 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 don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It’s always the unspoken word and what’s happening behind someone’s eyes that makes it so rich.
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I want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and funny, and quirky, and all the other things that I am. And I feel that the best way that I can achieve that is by producing.
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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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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 talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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