More Quotes by Viola Davis
Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.
Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.
All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.
You have two stark choices when you find yourself in a really desperate situation. You can either fold and cave-in to it or you can become really passionate about getting out of it. When you're really passionate, you're going to grab hold of every rope you see, and wrap them around your arms and legs to claw your way out. And that's the way I've felt in my life.
I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.
When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
It would be great to bust through and make history. But what's more important is the opportunity to continue to get roles that are complicated and wonderful, to be a part of the narrative and to get to do what our counterparts are able to do. It doesn't just stop at holding an award.
When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
