Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
VIOLA DAVISYou can’t be hesitant about who you are.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it’s filet mignon.
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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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Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one’s balance. I think that it’s very damaging.
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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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Relationships change us and make us grow.
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That’s how I digest it, ’cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I’m gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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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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 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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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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I’ve always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.
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And this is what was fascinating to me about ‘The Help’; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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