“I love young adult fantasies. While I say that, I have not seen all of the Twilight and Harry Potter movies. But I've read all of the books, and I love them. I love them because I enjoy being transported to a different world and having my imagination challenged. That's a huge part of what we do as actors. We have to imagine ourselves in a different world. And when you are in a young adult fantasy, it challenges you in the best way.” WorldWayBookDifferentYoungActorsEnjoyImaginationChallengesFantasyImagineLove YouHugeAdultsYoung AdultBest WayTwilightHarry PotterMy ImaginationPottersDifferent WorldsHarry Potter Movie Author:Viola Davis
“One of the people I've always wanted to emulate in pursuing that dream was Meryl Streep, in terms of the different types of roles she's been able to play and the number of different stories she's been able to tell.” PeopleDifferentPlayStoriesDreamAbleWantedTermNumbersRolesTypeEmulate Author:Viola Davis
“I want to span different genres. I want to be able to transform. I want to be able to be sexy, and funny, and quirky, and all the other things that I am. And I feel that the best way that I can achieve that is by producing.” WayWantFeelsI CanDifferentAbleAchieveSexyBest WayGenreQuirkyDifferent Genres Author:Viola Davis
“I can't speak for the Kathryn Stockett, but I would guess that she feels proud of the progress the South has made because, growing up, she experienced a very different Mississippi than the one that exists today.” FeelsMadeI CanDifferentTodaySpeakGrowing UpGrowingProgressProudSouthMississippi Author:Viola Davis
“On stage you never watch yourself. You just experience it, and then you go home, and you feel pretty good if you gave a pretty good performance or crappy if you didn't. But in TV and film, you actually have to experience it while you're doing it, and then you have to watch it. And then when you're watching it, you watch it with a different sensibility than how you experienced it.” IfsFeelsDifferentHomeFilmWatchesStageTvsPerformancesSensibility Author:Viola Davis
“I think that enjoying the fruits of one's labor is very different than arrogance. And when I was younger, I didn't know the difference. I thought that if you were gracious, that meant that you somehow were getting ahead of yourself. And I felt self-deprecation kept you balanced.” IfsThinkingKnowsDifferentSelfFeltEnjoyDifferencesLaborFruitArroganceBalancedGraciousSelf Deprecation Author:Viola Davis
“I get so excited when my daughter says something new, which she is doing every day. I can leave the house for a few hours, come back and meet a totally different person. That's very exciting to me.” PersonsI CanDifferentHouseHoursDaughterExcitingExcitedSomething NewMy Daughter Author:Viola Davis
“When 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. Uta Hagen said this, "In my life, I see myself as just this, you know, kind of flamboyant, kind of sexy middle-aged woman. And then I see myself onscreen, and I go 'Oh my God.'" And it's the same thing with me. I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't!” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentSchoolSexy Author:Viola Davis
“We're in crisis mode as black actresses. It's not only in the sheer number of roles that are offered and that are out there, but the quality of the roles. The quality - and therein lies the problem. We're in deprivation mode because me, Alfre and Phylicia, we're in the same category. Whereas if you take a Caucasian actress, you have the one who are the teens, in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s - they're all different. There are roles for each of them. But you only have two or three categories for black actresses.” IfsTwoDifferentProblemLyingThreeBlackNumbersQualityRolesCrisisActressesCategoriesTeensSheerDeprivationCaucasian Author:Viola Davis
“Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It’s always the unspoken word and what’s happening behind someone’s eyes that makes it so rich.” KnowsDifferentEyeFilmSpeakBehindsRichHappeningsDialogueHopefullyInternalsVolumeRegisterUnspokenSpoken WordUnspoken Words Author:Viola Davis
“I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And what I didn't do well, I thought people were going to give me the opportunity to do well, because maybe they saw my talent, so they would give me a chance. I had no idea that they would see me completely different.” PeopleGivingWellsIdeasDifferentSchoolOpportunityChanceWhiteSawsTalentGive MeNo IdeaCounterpartsGive Me A Chance Author:Viola Davis
