Acting, it's the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It's harder to play a quiet character because everything happens in their stream of consciousness. They're thinking and feeling the world, but… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
When a character has so many secrets and so much inner life, it's a joy to play those characters because you can… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
You want to be able to really tackle a character and make it a fully-dimensional human being who is complicated, funny, and… — 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
Each character has their own challenges. The challenge to doing one scene is your whole history of who you are and your… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Well, first of all, you read the script a million times. Because what the script gives you are given circumstances. Given circumstances… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I've been online doing all kinds of research and that seems to be the constant criticism, that Aibileen's accent was just too… — 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
Do the work. Create the character, don't wing it and don't hope for an award or the Red Carpet. At the end… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
You don't get the pay-off when you're playing a quiet character, so sometimes you want to just throw out all your work… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I always say that, like a scientist or anyone, you always want to be the problem-solver. You feel like, if you solve… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Flashy characters are more entertaining to people because you get it. You don't have to work to get someone who says what… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Obviously, ["Fences"] is a character-driven piece in every sense of the word, and Denzel [Washington] knows the actor. He gave us two… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Recognition has brought me more work, because your name suddenly comes to mind when some directors are trying to cast a character.… — 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 Image
I am not a glam woman - this definitely is a mask I put on for the public. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
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 Image
That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
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 Image
![“Obviously, ["Fences"] is a character-driven piece in every sense of the word, and Denzel [Washington] knows the actor. He gave us two weeks of rehearsal. He is a truth teller, and he is a truth seer. So he knows when something is not going in the right direction, and he will call you on it. But…” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7da/viola-davis-1174_actors_obviously-fences-is-a-character-driven-p_2744209.jpg)
![“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 in everything else, even her anger towards the end.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bcf/viola-davis-1174_august_i-think-that-s-why-august-wilson-named-h_157231.jpg)
