More Quotes by Viola Davis
I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"
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.
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.
I don't have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn't love me has to say about me.
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.
Relationships change us and make us grow.
When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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.
We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.
The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
