More Quotes by Viola Davis
You can't be hesitant about who you are.
Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person's capacity to love and communicate and forgive can be bigger than anything else.
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.
Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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 favorite saying in the world is, 'The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.' I am telling you, I have spent so much of my life not feeling comfortable in my skin. I am just so not there anymore.
I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent
We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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.
They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too.
