Relationships change us and make us grow.
VIOLA DAVISI am not a glam woman – this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes.
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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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Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one’s balance. I think that it’s very damaging.
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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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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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Ordinary 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.
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I am the mother of a 6-year-old now, so that’s changed my entire perspective.
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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’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’ve been in this business 25 years. I’ve been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway… I’ve seen the unemployment line a lot.
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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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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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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