Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
VIOLA DAVISThey say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.
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I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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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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I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
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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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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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I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
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Knowing the only way out is education, even if you don’t have parents that are extraordinarily wealthy. I understand that I have to be an active participant in [my daughter’s] education in order for her to thrive in the world.
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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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It’s time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.
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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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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 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’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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