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More Quotes by Viola Davis
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.
Each role has its own different challenges.
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.
Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.
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.
When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.
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.
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.
Relationships change us and make us grow.
You can't be hesitant about who you are.
