Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
VIOLA DAVISOrdinary 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. And I think that’s a powerful message in this time of political strife.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it’s filet mignon.
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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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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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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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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
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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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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I guess they say, “Necessity is the mother of invention” because you have two stark choices when you find yourself in a really desperate situation. You can either fold and cave-in to it or you can become really passionate about getting out of it.
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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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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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That’s why there’s so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.
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Relationships change us and make us grow.
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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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