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.
VIOLA DAVISEach role has its own different challenges.
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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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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 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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Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.
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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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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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Knowing the only way out is education, even if you don’t have parents that are extraordinarily wealthy. I understand that I have to be an active participant in [my daughter’s] education in order for her to thrive in the world.
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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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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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You can’t be hesitant about who you are.
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Relationships change us and make us grow.
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I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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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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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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