Relationships change us and make us grow.
VIOLA DAVISAt the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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 talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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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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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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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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You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.
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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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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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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 would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that’s the one I’d be interested in redoing.
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I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.
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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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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