Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.
VIOLA DAVISIf the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don’t see it.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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One of the people I’ve always wanted to emulate in pursuing that dream was Meryl Streep, in terms of the different types of roles she’s been able to play and the number of different stories she’s been able to tell.
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you’re not worthy.
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I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.
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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 think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we’re complicated.
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That’s how I digest it, ’cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I’m gonna have to continue to be an actor, continue to make choices, continue to perform in a show every week.
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I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent.
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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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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Each role has its own different challenges.
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I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to conjure something in your mind to feel like it’s possible.
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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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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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