I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"
Viola DavisEven when I go shopping, I don't shop as a woman. The only time I shop is when I need something, and I'm in and out in less than 30 minutes, so I have no energy to look at 50 million gowns and styles and make sketches and think about heels. I'm not girly in that way. I'm relying on the stylist to do 99 percent of the work.
Viola DavisOrdinary people who are just kind of just going about their lives are transformed into heroes because they have the courage to put their voices out there. I think that's a powerful message in this time of political strife.
Viola DavisYou don't get the pay-off when you're playing a quiet character, so sometimes you want to just throw out all your work and say, "Okay, let me do something really funny or gimmicky, just so that I can get some attention in this scene."
Viola DavisIโm a black woman who is from Central Falls, Rhode Island. Iโm dark skinned. Iโm quirky. Iโm shy. Iโm strong. Iโm guarded. Iโm weak at times. Iโm sensual. Iโm not overtly sexual. I am so many things in so many ways and I will never see myself on screen. And the reason I will never see myself up on screen is because that does not translate with being black.
Viola Davis