The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity. — 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
There's no prerequisites to worthiness. You're born worthy, and I think that's a message a lot of women need to hear. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I feel that confidence in women - especially young girls of color - but women, in general, is so important. It is… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I think women are very complicated human beings, and I think there's an oversimplification of women when you see them on screen. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I just want different narratives for people of color, especially women of color. I just want something that's different. I don't want… — 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
I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I feel the same way about Shondaland I feel about Africa and Greece. I feel pretty in both places. Men look at… — 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
