American - Actress | August 11, 1965 -
I think women are very complicated human beings, and I think there's an oversimplification of women when you see them on screen.
Viola Davis
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I feel the same way about Shondaland I feel about Africa and Greece. I feel pretty in both places. Men look at me like I'm a novelty, and women think I'm just cool. I feel absolutely at home immediately. I'm not altering myself to fit in. I'm walking in just as I am. And there are open arms stretched out to greet me.
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That's always the biggest surprise when people meet me: how buoyant I am and how fun and light I am.
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I look back on those early days in the theater like the beginning of a love affair, when you're totally in love with the work, and that's all there is.
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I stumbled onto the best profession to heal my childhood: the only one that lets you release and express whatever is ugly and messy and beautiful about your life. We're in the business of creating human beings. The more we spew, and the more honestly we do it, the better. Try that on Wall Street.
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I was bullied at school. The black girl in Central Falls, Rhode Island, in 1973. There'd be 8 or 10 boys; I would count them as I was running.
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So many women characters are extensions of male fantasy.
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Those things that we probably are ashamed of as human beings, certain things that no one would ever talk about - as actors, when we transform into a character, we empathize with those moments.
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August Wilson is the one writer that writes about men like my father, who had a fifth grade education, who was a janitor at McDonald's.
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'Rebel' is not a word I would describe for myself, but I feel like I was a total rebel being an actor. It made me feel like there was something in me, a passion, a love - and that I didn't just squelch it.
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When people come into the theater, whether it's the screen or the stage, they've gotta be transported and transformed.
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When you're poor, you are invisible. Every poor person will tell you nobody sees you. So being famous was me just wanting to be seen.
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