The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don't see it. — 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
As an actor, every opportunity, every role, everything that I do is an opportunity to have someone have a human experience with… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It would be great to bust through and make history. But what's more important is the opportunity to continue to get roles… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I've been to acting school and I think that at the end of the day, when you just focus on the work… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It's not anything that is just perpetuated by White America or just perpetuated by Black America. It's just a cultural understanding that… — 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
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