It’s time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.
VIOLA DAVISIt feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
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I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we’ll be able to give some young writers with fresh voices an opportunity to put their work out there.
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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 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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People are just not impressed by me at home.
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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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As an artist, you’ve got to see the mess. That’s what we do. We get a human being, and it’s like putting together a puzzle. And the puzzle has got to be a mixture, a multifaceted mixture of human emotions, and not all of it is going to be pretty.
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I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
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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 really wanted to show [in fences] a marriage that is working. Not perfect, but working.
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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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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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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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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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