Viola Davis

I look back at pictures of myself and I remember thinking, "I was so fat when I was growing up. I was…

— Viola Davis

I am not a glam woman - this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.

— Viola Davis

I was bullied at school. The black girl in Central Falls, Rhode Island, in 1973. There'd be 8 or 10 boys; I…

— Viola Davis

That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.

— Viola Davis

I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent

— Viola Davis

I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.

— Viola Davis

I think that's why August [Wilson] named her Rose [in "Fences"]; I really do. She's a rose in her sweetness and her…

— Viola Davis

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

I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying…

— Viola Davis

I tell my daughter every morning, 'Now, what are the two most important parts of you?' And she says, 'My head and…

— Viola Davis

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.

— Viola Davis

That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am.

— Viola Davis

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

It was hard, that confrontation scene [in "Fences"], that was a hard one. I felt like it was relentless, I never felt…

— Viola Davis

I am addicted to any facial product that's anti-aging.

— Viola Davis

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

We all have different narratives; all of our narratives are at different stages of development.

— Viola Davis

I think at the end of the day she [Rose from "Fences"] is a strong woman in the truest sense of the…

— Viola Davis

I'm very committed to its educational institutions, including my alma mater Central Falls High School's drama program, because I know that's what…

— Viola Davis

I had to invest in the love and understand that with the love comes the pain. So when he tells me that,…

— Viola Davis

I think that I'm coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.

— Viola Davis

Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

— Viola Davis

Motherhood is 50 million heartbreaking moments, and 100 million joyous ones.

— Viola Davis

For me, that was a hard scene [in "Fences"] to do twenty-something times, which (laughing), I counted. That was difficult, but once…

— Viola Davis

Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script;…

— Viola Davis