When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I know that love is real when it's not convenient, when it's not selfish, when it's challenged, sometimes even if it's not… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I would love to do really great work and for women who are marginalised to see me as an inspiration. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I look back on those early days in the theater like the beginning of a love affair, when you're totally in love… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
If I have to be at work at five A.M., I will get up at three and work out. I run. I… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I had to invest in the love and understand that with the love comes the pain. So when he tells me that,… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I have a lot of spiritual books that I read that I really, really love - everything from the Bible to Joseph… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I tell my daughter every morning, 'Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, 'My head and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
'Rebel' is not a word I would describe for myself, but I feel like I was a total rebel being an actor.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I also tried to leave myself alone enough to be surprised by the news. That's when it had its potency. If I… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I look back at pictures of myself and I remember thinking, "I was so fat when I was growing up. I was 165 pounds… — Viola Davis Copy Share
I was bullied at school. The black girl in Central Falls, Rhode Island, in 1973. There'd be 8 or 10 boys; I would count… — Viola Davis Copy Share
That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves. — Viola Davis Copy Share
I think that's why August [Wilson] named her Rose [in "Fences"]; I really do. She's a rose in her sweetness and her kindness and… — Viola Davis Copy Share
When you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get… — Viola Davis Copy Share
I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying could mean… — Viola Davis Copy Share
I tell my daughter every morning, 'Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, 'My head and my heart.'… — Viola Davis Copy Share
I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color. — Viola Davis Copy Share
That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am. — Viola Davis Copy Share
When you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get… — Viola Davis Copy Share
It was hard, that confrontation scene [in "Fences"], that was a hard one. I felt like it was relentless, I never felt like I… — Viola Davis Copy Share
