Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
VIOLA DAVISWhen you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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I am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
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I want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and funny, and quirky, and all the other things that I am. And I feel that the best way that I can achieve that is by producing.
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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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Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes – that’s what it is, as an actor.
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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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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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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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One of the people I’ve always wanted to emulate in pursuing that dream was Meryl Streep, in terms of the different types of roles she’s been able to play and the number of different stories she’s been able to tell.
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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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Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It’s always the unspoken word and what’s happening behind someone’s eyes that makes it so rich.
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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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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 think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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