It's time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Acting came from growing up in dysfunction. I mean, a lot of great times, but a lot of dysfunction. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Motherhood is 50 million heartbreaking moments, and 100 million joyous ones. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
What excites me is just taking some time to breathe in life. The mundane is very exciting. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I have had issues in the past with the characters and the limitations of the characters and the structure of the narratives… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don't think… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
That's why I do what I do, and that's why I wanted to be an actress from the time I was six… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It made me realize again how complicated being a mother is. You have 50 million heartbreaking moments, and 100 million beautiful, joyous ones. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It feels like my hard work has paid off, but at the same time, I still have the impostor, you know, syndrome.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
For me, that was a hard scene [in "Fences"] to do twenty-something times, which (laughing), I counted. That was difficult, but once… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Those things that we probably are ashamed of as human beings, certain things that no one would ever talk about - as… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
People who are alone all the time never grow. Those hermits just stay the same. It's only through relationships. Relationships change us… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I think many women are successful in their professional lives - they are making the money and all that - but in… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Even when I go shopping, I don't shop as a woman. The only time I shop is when I need something, and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
When you shoot a scene, you remember every moment. You remember when your head went down, your head went up. You don't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Most actors don't understand acting. I think it's an art form that craft is out the window. I don't think people get… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Can I just tell you, I think it's the most beautiful thing about young people today, it gives me so much hope… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
We didn't have money all the time to do laundry. A lot of the time, we didn't have soap or hot water.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
“I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about… — 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
![“For me, that was a hard scene [in "Fences"] to do twenty-something times, which (laughing), I counted. That was difficult, but once I did it, I felt like I could do anything.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/afd/viola-davis-1174_difficult_for-me-that-was-a-hard-scene-in-fences-t_352378.png)
![“I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there is a lot of things going on with Rose. I kept telling Denzel [Washington] throughout filming [Fences] that the house is her joy and her tomb.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8c1/viola-davis-1174_acting_i-really-want-my-acting-to-be-definitive_1090517.png)
