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
I’m a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. I’m dark skinned. I’m quirky. I’m shy. I’m strong. I’m guarded.… — 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
When you shoot a scene, you remember every moment. You remember when your head went down, your head went up. You don't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
August [Wilson] elevates in us is the average man in a way that is heroic and real and human. What you do… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
When you're really passionate, you're going to grab hold of every rope you see, and wrap them around your arms and legs… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Turning 50 is making me reflect on my life in a way that's more compassionate and forgiving. — 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
Are there women in your world now that have given you those lessons in confidence? Oh absolutely. Meryl [Streep] does it all… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Knowing the only way out is education, even if you don't have parents that are extraordinarily wealthy. I understand that I have… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
There's not one woman in America who does not care about her hair, but we give it way too much value. We… — 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
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 love young adult fantasies. While I say that, I have not seen all of the Twilight and Harry Potter movies. But… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Can I just tell you, I think it's the most beautiful thing about young people today, it gives me so much hope… — 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
You have two stark choices when you find yourself in a really desperate situation. You can either fold and cave-in to it… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Even when I go shopping, I don't shop as a woman. The only time I shop is when I need something, and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I always talk to all the crew. I always make it pleasant. I always nurture a relationship that makes people feel like… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I just want different narratives for people of color, especially women of color. I just want something that's different. I don't want… — 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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