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More Quotes by Viola Davis
I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent
We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.
Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.
When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.
When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
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.
I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
