More Quotes by Viola Davis
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.
Relationships change us and make us grow.
I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.
We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent
At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.
I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
Each role has its own different challenges.
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.
