Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes – that’s what it is, as an actor.
VIOLA DAVISEach role has its own different challenges.
More Viola Davis Quotes
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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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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 needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am
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All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn’t have to be huge and humongous.
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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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Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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Ultimately, it’s not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people’s expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your life, you are just who you are.
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I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish.
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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 think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
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I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
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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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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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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 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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