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Viola Davis quotes: It's time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.

It's time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.

Viola Davis quotes: And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things.

Viola Davis quotes: 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.

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.

Viola Davis quotes: When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.

When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.

Viola Davis quotes: They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too.

They say, 'To serve is to love,' and I think to serve is to heal, too.

Viola Davis quotes: I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.

I think that you always want to gravitate towards people who absolutely are great at what they do and go for authenticity.

Viola Davis quotes: I am addicted to any facial product that's anti-aging.

I am addicted to any facial product that's anti-aging.

Viola Davis quotes: When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.

When you see what the deficit is, then you have to do something about it.

Viola Davis quotes: Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.

Cicely Tyson was my inspiration to become an actor.

Viola Davis quotes: I think watching my mom gave me great inspiration, I wish that had been reinforced more verbally. It would have kept me from a lot of pain.

I think watching my mom gave me great inspiration, I wish that had been reinforced more verbally. It would have kept me from a lot of pain.

Viola Davis quotes: I don't want anyone putting any limits on me.

I don't want anyone putting any limits on me.

Viola Davis quotes: It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.

It feels really good to embrace exactly who I am and be my sexy, to be my sexualized, to be my woman.

Viola Davis quotes: I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent

I want my work to reflect my level of gifts and talent

Viola Davis quotes: I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was so progressive.

I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was so progressive.

Viola Davis quotes: I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"

I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"

Viola Davis quotes: I am not a morning person, but I always work out - always.

I am not a morning person, but I always work out - always.

Viola Davis quotes: I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.

I would love to be remembered as a person who used her life to inspire others in any way, shape or form.

Viola Davis quotes: I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway ... I've seen the unemployment line a lot.

I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway ... I've seen the unemployment line a lot.

Viola Davis quotes: I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.

I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.

Viola Davis quotes: To me, it's always a luxury to be able to work with the best of the best because they make it easier for you to do what you do.

To me, it's always a luxury to be able to work with the best of the best because they make it easier for you to do what you do.

Viola Davis quotes: Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.

Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.

Viola Davis quotes: I think that I'm coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.

I think that I'm coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world.

Viola Davis quotes: I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am

I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am

Viola Davis quotes: Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!

Eating bread in Hollywood is a no-no!

Viola Davis quotes: I am not a glam woman - this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.

I am not a glam woman - this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.

Viola Davis quotes: Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it's filet mignon,

Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it's filet mignon,

Viola Davis quotes: I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things.

I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things.

Viola Davis quotes: Motherhood is 50 million heartbreaking moments, and 100 million joyous ones.

Motherhood is 50 million heartbreaking moments, and 100 million joyous ones.

Viola Davis quotes: It's always hard to be private in public, which is what acting is because you have to do thing really emotionally naked.

It's always hard to be private in public, which is what acting is because you have to do thing really emotionally naked.

Viola Davis quotes: Relationships change us and make us grow.

Relationships change us and make us grow.

Viola Davis quotes: And I sit in my jacuzzi with my script.

And I sit in my jacuzzi with my script.

Viola Davis quotes: I've done a really bad job with teaching daughter to put on makeup, but I have taught her how to put on lipstick.

I've done a really bad job with teaching daughter to put on makeup, but I have taught her how to put on lipstick.

Viola Davis quotes: If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don't see it.

If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don't see it.

Viola Davis quotes: We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.

We as artists cannot be politicians. We as artists can only be truth-tellers.

Viola Davis quotes: I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.

I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.

Viola Davis quotes: I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us.

I just hope this [Emmy] is now a part of the status quo that women of color are included in the narratives that continue to write lead roles for us.

Viola Davis quotes: We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.

We grew up in abject poverty. Acting, writing scripts and skits were a way of escaping our environment at a very young age.

Viola Davis quotes: Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.

Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.

Viola Davis quotes: My biggest fear is that a paparazzi or someone ... is going to come in my backyard and see me when I get in my pool. That would be very

My biggest fear is that a paparazzi or someone ... is going to come in my backyard and see me when I get in my pool. That would be very unfortunate.

Viola Davis quotes: People are just not impressed by me at home.

People are just not impressed by me at home.

Viola Davis quotes: I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish,

I have been given a lot of roles that are downtrodden, mammy-ish,

Viola Davis quotes: They say the two most important days in a persons life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.

They say the two most important days in a persons life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.

Viola Davis quotes: When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.

When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.

Viola Davis quotes: All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.

All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.

Viola Davis quotes: You can't be hesitant about who you are.

You can't be hesitant about who you are.

Viola Davis quotes: Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.

Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.

Viola Davis quotes: I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.

I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.

Viola Davis quotes: The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.

Viola Davis quotes: I would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that's the one I'd be interested in redoing.

I would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that's the one I'd be interested in redoing.