Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one’s balance. I think that it’s very damaging.
VIOLA DAVISActor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and all of a sudden one thing happens, and it finally clicks.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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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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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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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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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 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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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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And this is what was fascinating to me about ‘The Help’; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
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Each role has its own different challenges.
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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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[I listen to] “Uptown Funk”, Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress – I listen to that.
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Actor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and all of a sudden one thing happens, and it finally clicks.
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