People Quotes by Viola Davis
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Ordinary people who are just going about their lives can become heroes when they raise their voices. Davis observes that audiences want to see reflections of themselves on stage, and she stresses the importance of representing people of colour as complex, not one‑dimensional.
![“[Denzel Washington] was rustling with something and when he came back it was with a word about loving myself and the body that I'm in because I was still going on and on about the weight thing. I just liked that, because what people don't understand is that so much of what blocks us as actors is…” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/viola-davis-1174_actors_denzel-washington-was-rustling-with-some_2745558.jpg)
![“People often forget our emotional contribution to relationships and to marriage and that might be a completely sexist comment but, what I tried not to do [in "Fences"] is, I tried to just put that monologue as part of my stream of consciousness.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/viola-davis-1174_comment_people-often-forget-our-emotional-contri_1485643.png)
