I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
But along with all of that it was, "Oh, isn't he a great storyteller? Oh, it's that why I married him? Isn't… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives… — 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
August Wilson is the one writer that writes about men like my father, who had a fifth grade education, who was a… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
I don't see a lot of narratives written where a woman who looks like me gets to be beautiful and sexualized and… — 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
![“But along with all of that it was, "Oh, isn't he a great storyteller? Oh, it's that why I married him? Isn't he handsome? Oh, what am I going to make for dinner today?" I put all of that as a part of [Roses's from "Fences"] inner everyday monologue so, by the time he tells he that news and all of…” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8dd/viola-davis-1174_dinner_but-along-with-all-of-that-it-was-oh-isn_1059424.jpg)
![“I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a6b/viola-davis-1174_color_i-just-hope-this-emmy-is-now-a-part-of-t_1530463.jpg)
![“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 in everything else, even her anger towards the end.” quote by Viola Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bcf/viola-davis-1174_august_i-think-that-s-why-august-wilson-named-h_157231.jpg)
