Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
VIOLA DAVISI’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.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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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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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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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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. I think that’s a powerful message in this time of political strife.
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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 can’t deal with actors! I can’t deal with myself. We’re neurotic and miserable… I love doing what I’m doing, but while I’m doing it, I’m miserable.
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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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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They say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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