Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.
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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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
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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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Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It’s always the unspoken word and what’s happening behind someone’s eyes that makes it so rich.
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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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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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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.
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I want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and funny, and quirky, and all the other things that I am. And I feel that the best way that I can achieve that is by producing.
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I really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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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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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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I think that I’m coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.
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I would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that’s the one I’d be interested in redoing.
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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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