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.
VIOLA DAVISI 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.
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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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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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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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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 want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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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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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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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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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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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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I’ve been to acting school and I think that at the end of the day, when you just focus on the work and you’re comfortable with who you are, that at some point someone’s going to recognize your talent and give you an opportunity.
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Do not live someone else’s life and someone else’s idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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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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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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