I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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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.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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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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I am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
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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 talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.
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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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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.
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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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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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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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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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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’ve been to acting school and I think that at the end of the day, when you just focus on the work and you’re comfortable with who you are, that at some point someone’s going to recognize your talent and give you an opportunity.
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