Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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 talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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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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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
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I am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
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It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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I’ve always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.
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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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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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I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don’t think it’s honest.
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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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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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