I always say that, like a scientist or anyone, you always want to be the problem-solver. You feel like, if you solve the greatest mystery or the greatest problem, then that makes you brilliant. It's the same thing with an actress. You want to be able to really tackle a character and make it a fully-dimensional human being who is complicated, funny and all the things that a person could be.
Viola DavisThe 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 DavisI haven't seen most of what I've done. I can't even list them. Most television jobs. I haven't seen a lot.
Viola Davis