People don't understand that when you come into any theatrical experience, you've got to come locked and loaded, that you're a part… — 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
When you grow up in abject poverty, you see people exactly the way they are. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
People call me a theater actor, but I'm just an actor. But I tell my friends all the time - especially a… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Sometimes people come in as a director, and they just want the result, and they barely want that to tell you the… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Actor is just a strange profession, it really is, that you could be in front of the same people for years, and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
You can't be perceived as 'the black actress who doesn't get the same kind of roles as the white actress.' You gotta… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
That's why I do what I do, and that's why I wanted to be an actress from the time I was six… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
One of the people I've always wanted to emulate in pursuing that dream was Meryl Streep, in terms of the different types… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
My first wedding was 15 people at our condo. The second was maybe about a hundred people at this fabulous casino. And… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
[Denzel Washington] was rustling with something and when he came back it was with a word about loving myself and the body… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Now, a lot of people may be surprised at that, but I'm very dedicated to working out. Usually, it's running. It clears… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
We know the road of lack of recognition, of people telling us that we can't headline a movie because black women don't… — 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
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
Most actors don't understand acting. I think it's an art form that craft is out the window. I don't think people get… — 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 don't think most people understand acting, even the people who call themselves savvy, even actors. — 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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