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.
VIOLA DAVISWomanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn’t have to be huge and humongous.
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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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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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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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I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
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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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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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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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[I listen to] “Uptown Funk”, Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress – I listen to that.
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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 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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I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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