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More Quotes by Viola Davis
They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.
Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.
I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent
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.
Let me tell you something: The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.
As an artist, you've got to see the mess. That's what we do. We get a human being, and it's like putting together a puzzle. And the puzzle has got to be a mixture, a multifaceted mixture of human emotions, and not all of it is going to be pretty.
I don’t want anyone putting any limits on me.
I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"
When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain and my heart." And I say, "You've gotta remember that, Genesis. You've gotta remember that you're not what you look like," you know? I think that's the best beauty advice I could give her.
