I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
VIOLA DAVISI don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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Each role has its own different challenges.
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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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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 talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
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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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Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!
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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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I want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and funny, and quirky, and all the other things that I am. And I feel that the best way that I can achieve that is by producing.
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I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
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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. I think that’s a powerful message in this time of political strife.
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Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that’s inside of you.
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I would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that’s the one I’d be interested in redoing.
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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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I’ve always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.
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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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