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.
VIOLA DAVIS[I listen to] “Uptown Funk”, Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress – I listen to that.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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[I listen to] “Uptown Funk”, Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress – I listen to that.
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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 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.
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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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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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I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, “Do you know how fabulous you are?”
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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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We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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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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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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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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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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