They say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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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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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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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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And “classically not beautiful” is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you.
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Ultimately, it’s not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people’s expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you are just who you are.
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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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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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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 really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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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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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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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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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