Knowing the only way out is education, even if you don’t have parents that are extraordinarily wealthy. I understand that I have to be an active participant in [my daughter’s] education in order for her to thrive in the world.
VIOLA DAVISI love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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I’m a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I’m a sitting duck because I can’t get ahead of them [cyber experts]. They’re far ahead of me. That’s what I learned: how vulnerable we are. It’s a big, silent monster out there. That’s what it feels like.
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Tyler Perry’s ‘Madea Goes to Jail!’ Which, I have to tell you, of everything that I’ve ever done in my career, that’s the only thing that’s perked up the ears of my nieces and nephews. That is it, that’s done it for them. That made me a bona fide star in their eyes!
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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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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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Acting, it’s the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it work.
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I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don’t think it’s honest.
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I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
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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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I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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Relationships change us and make us grow.
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I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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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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