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Viola Davis

Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
VIOLA DAVIS

Bread Eating Hollywood
When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
VIOLA DAVIS

Bigger Passion
Relationships change us and make us grow.
VIOLA DAVIS

Inspire Shapes Way
I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
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Fabulous Looks Want
That’s why there’s so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.
VIOLA DAVIS

Downtrodden Given Roles
I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
VIOLA DAVIS

Black Book Personal History
I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
VIOLA DAVIS

Hair Hilarious Inspiring
I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
VIOLA DAVIS

Balance Self Thinking
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.
VIOLA DAVIS

Long Numbers Queens
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.
VIOLA DAVIS

Grows
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.
VIOLA DAVIS

Home Not Impressed People
Do not live someone else’s life and someone else’s idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
VIOLA DAVIS

Ideas Womanhood
Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
VIOLA DAVIS

Age Escaping Writing
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.
VIOLA DAVIS

Impart Trying
I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
VIOLA DAVIS

Limits Want
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.
VIOLA DAVIS

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