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.
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’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 think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
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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 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 love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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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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I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
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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 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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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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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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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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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