More Quotes by Viola Davis
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.
You can't be hesitant about who you are.
Self-deprecation is not an answer to keeping one's balance. I think that it's very damaging.
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.
I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.
Relationships change us and make us grow.
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.
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.
When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.
