The internal sexism within womanhood is very ยญpredominant in Hollywood, because we all want to be ยญsuccessful. There's a plug to it: You all have to be skinny! You all have to be pretty! You all have to be likable, because that's the ยญformula that works. On an ยญexecutive level. On a power level. And it's not always the same working with black people, because of the internalized racism. The colorism.
Viola Davis[Denzel Washington] was rustling with something and when he came back it was with a word about loving myself and the body that I'm in because I was still going on and on about the weight thing. I just liked that, because what people don't understand is that so much of what blocks us as actors is so personal.
Viola DavisI've been to acting school and I think that at the end of the day, when you just focus on the work and you're comfortable with who you are, that at some point someone's going to recognize your talent and give you an opportunity.
Viola DavisWhen you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get a job. Just to get a job. Any job. Whatsoever. You don't think that people are going to see you in a certain way.
Viola Davis