That’s how I digest it, ’cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I’m gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.
VIOLA DAVIS
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.
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That’s how I digest it, ’cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I’m gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.
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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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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.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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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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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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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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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 am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about me.
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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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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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