"I've been online doing all kinds of research……" — Viola Davis
"I've been online doing all kinds of research and that seems to be the constant criticism, that Aibileen's accent was just too thick. And for me, I don't want anything to distract from the character."
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41 Quotes by Viola Davis
Viola Davis has 41 quotes on this site.
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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…
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I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish,
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No matter what, people don't think of me for glamorous parts. I'll go to an audition or a meeting in…
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We're in crisis mode as black actresses. It's not only in the sheer number of roles that are offered and that…
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I was like, 'What is this?' Until I found out it was stress related. That's how I internalized it. I…
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And I sit in my jacuzzi with my script.
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Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it’s filet mignon,
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There's not one woman in America who does not care about her hair, but we give it way too much…
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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.…
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They say the two most important days in a persons life were the day you were born and the day…
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Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers…
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You can't be hesitant about who you are.
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More Accent Quotes
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I just wanted to be an ordinary, middle-class person. When I was at Cambridge, I made great efforts to lose…
— Peter Ackroyd
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I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it…
— Amy Adams
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'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time…
— Christian Bale
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The Israeli accent wasn't one that I was overly familiar with so had to learn from scratch but I was…
— Eric Bana
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In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a…
— Joe Biden
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I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent…
— Orlando Bloom
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If you're in America a lot, it's easy to get into playing American. All of it, the sounds, the energies,…
— Emily Blunt
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I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent.
— Erma Bombeck
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I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.
— Anthony Bourdain
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I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for…
— Bill Bryson
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God bless my father, but he always spoke in this continental, literary accent, probably because he was a professor of…
— Nicolas Cage
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When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.
— Michael Caine
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