I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?" — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Sometimes there is no sugar-coating it. Sometimes you have to challenge people's belief systems in a progressive way. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I know that love is real when it's not convenient, when it's not selfish, when it's challenged, sometimes even if it's not… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script;… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person's capacity to love and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
[I listen to] "Uptown Funk", Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
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
You don't get the pay-off when you're playing a quiet character, so sometimes you want to just throw out all your work… — 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
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 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
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