I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
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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I am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
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I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
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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 love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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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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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 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 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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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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When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
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They say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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It’s time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.
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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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