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.
VIOLA DAVISThat’s why there’s so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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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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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’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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It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
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We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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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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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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And “classically not beautiful” is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you.
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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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I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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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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