Viola Davis Quotes

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• Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes to Jail!' Which, I have to tell you, of everything that I've ever done in my career, that's the only thing…
• I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish,
• No matter what, people don't think of me for glamorous parts. I'll go to an audition or a meeting in a pretty dress, and they…
• We're in crisis mode as black actresses. It's not only in the sheer number of roles that are offered and that are out there, but…
• I was like, 'What is this?' Until I found out it was stress related. That's how I internalized it. I don't do that anymore. My…
• And I sit in my jacuzzi with my script.
• Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it’s filet mignon,
• There's not one woman in America who does not care about her hair, but we give it way too much value. We deprive ourselves of…
• 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. I’m weak at…
• They say the two most important days in a persons life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were…
• Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It’s always…
• You can't be hesitant about who you are.
• When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
• Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.
• It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.
• 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 I'm doing it,…
• I think that's something that people feel that I do really well; I don't mind it, because ultimately I think the characters I play move…
• And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
• And ‘classically not beautiful’ is a fancy term for saying ugly. And denouncing you. And erasing you.
• Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.

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