Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.
VIOLA DAVISI think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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At 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.
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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 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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I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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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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Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person’s capacity to love and communicate and forgive can be bigger than anything else.
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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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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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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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That’s why there’s so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.
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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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I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
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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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