I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
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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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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Acting, it’s the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it 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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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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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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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Relationships change us and make us grow.
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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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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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I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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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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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 needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
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Each role has its own different challenges.
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I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
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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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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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Ultimately, it’s not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people’s expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you are just who you are.
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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 I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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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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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.
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I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to conjure something in your mind to feel like it’s possible.
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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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