I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
VIOLA DAVISThey 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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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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You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is 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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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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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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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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They say, ‘To serve is to love,’ and I think to serve is to heal, too.
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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 really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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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 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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Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
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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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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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