When you are an actor, you are in the most powerless position in this business. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Every job I've ever gotten has transformed me in some way as an actor. — 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
Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that. — 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
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 on those early days in the theater like the beginning of a love affair, when you're totally in love… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Those things that we probably are ashamed of as human beings, certain things that no one would ever talk about - as… — 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
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
Your job as an actor is to piece together whatever you've learned in your training, or whatever you have experienced in your… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
That's how I digest it, 'cause I can press the fast-forward button and I know that I'm gonna have to continue to… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I can't deal with actors! I can't deal with myself. We're neurotic and miserable... I love doing what I'm doing, but while… — 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
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
On stage you never watch yourself. You just experience it, and then you go home, and you feel pretty good if you… — 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've always felt like I was an actor for hire. And almost apologetic for being a woman of color, trying to stifle… — 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 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
I'm the journeyman actor that you saw in one scene here, two scenes there. I've been eking out a living doing theater… — 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
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
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
I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things. So, I guess that when I walk into… — 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
I have to say, doing theater, that's what you're trained to do. Doing film, when I first started doing it, felt like… — 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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