I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I sort of feel like that's the most revolutionary thing we can do with our narrative for me as Black people is… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
You absolutely feel, as a black actress, that you've got to ride the wave because there's just so few roles. I hate… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I've always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
When a director can give you a word that allows you to feel less tense about yourself, to make you feel like… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I can't speak for the Kathryn Stockett, but I would guess that she feels proud of the progress the South has made… — 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
I have to say, doing theater, that's what you're trained to do. Doing film, when I first started doing it, felt like… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I'm a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I'm a sitting duck because I can't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
But along with all of that it was, "Oh, isn't he a great storyteller? Oh, it's that why I married him? Isn't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I'm very committed to its educational institutions, including my alma mater Central Falls High School's drama program, because I know that's what… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I'm sorry, if you've been married for five minutes, you've sacrificed something, you've looked over at your partner and have gone, "Oh… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
On stage you never watch yourself. You just experience it, and then you go home, and you feel pretty good if you… — 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
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
![“I'm a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I'm a sitting duck because I can't get ahead of them [cyber experts]. They're far ahead of me. That's what I learned: how vulnerable we are. It's a big, silent monster out there. That's what it feels like.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/237/viola-davis-1174_because-i-can_i-m-a-sitting-duck-no-seriously-i-mean-i_1235648.png)
![“But along with all of that it was, "Oh, isn't he a great storyteller? Oh, it's that why I married him? Isn't he handsome? Oh, what am I going to make for dinner today?" I put all of that as a part of [Roses's from "Fences"] inner everyday monologue so, by the time he tells he that news and all of…” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/viola-davis-1174_dinner_but-along-with-all-of-that-it-was-oh-isn_1059424.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/quotes/i/8c1/viola-davis-1174_acting_i-really-want-my-acting-to-be-definitive_1090517.png)