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… — 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
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… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Ordinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they… — 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
No matter what, people don't think of me for glamorous parts. I'll go to an audition or a meeting in a pretty… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
You have to dare to make a choice that may be considered unorthodox in a role, but when you're working as if… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The internal sexism within womanhood is very predominant in Hollywood, because we all want to be successful. There's a plug to it:… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The more I'm pushed in a position of leadership and I know I have to be the mouthpiece for so many other… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
It's time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Ultimately, it's not your job, as an actress, to satisfy people's expectations or image of who you should be. Even in your… — 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
You have to understand being an actress, and being an African American actress of a certain hue, I think that you have… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
There's a big difference in doing a play or doing any project that not a lot of people see and then a… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
In film, it's up to the director to tell the story in whatever way he sees fit, and however you fit into… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
When people come into the theater, whether it's the screen or the stage, they've gotta be transported and transformed. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I think that's something that people feel that I do really well; I don't mind it, because ultimately I think the characters… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
People often forget our emotional contribution to relationships and to marriage and that might be a completely sexist comment but, what I… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is… — 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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