“The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.” PeopleWorldWayGivingChanceWallExtraordinaryVery GoodPersonal LifeStatus QuoScrewsNavigateScrew UpsBasking Author:Viola Davis
“I'm very committed to its educational institutions, including my alma mater Central Falls High School's drama program, because I know that's what got me my start. I do everything I can to keep it alive since it made me feel like I had something to give to the world. I also support the Segue Institute for Learning, a charter school in Central Falls run by a friend of mine that my niece attends. I'm committed to that because of its proven results. They have the highest math scores of any charter school in Rhode Island.” KnowsWorldGivingFeelsMadeI CanRunningSchoolFallResultsSupportAliveMinesDramaHighestHigh SchoolProgramInstitutionsIncludingCommittedEducationalMathIslandsScoreProvenInstituteCharterNieceMy NieceRhode IslandCharter SchoolsEducational InstitutionsAlma Mater Author:Viola Davis
“I am not a writer, but I feel that when our production company is successful, we'll be able to give some young writers with fresh voices an opportunity to put their work out there.” GivingFeelsAbleYoungOpportunityVoiceCompanySuccessfulProductionsWork OutYoung Writers Author:Viola Davis
“I'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.” ThinkingGivingEndsSchoolOpportunityActingFocusTalentComfortableWho You AreThe End Of The Day Author:Viola Davis
“But the biggest beauty advice I've given my daughter is every morning I say, "Genesis, what are the two best parts of you?" And she says "my brain and my heart." And I say, "You've gotta remember that, Genesis. You've gotta remember that you're not what you look like," you know? I think that's the best beauty advice I could give her.” ThinkingKnowsGivingLooksHeartTwoRememberGivenBrainMorningAdviceLike YouMy HeartDaughterMy DaughterEvery MorningGenesis Author:Viola Davis
“When a director can give you a word that allows you to feel less tense about yourself, to make you feel like you indeed are good enough before you even get to the work, you can't ask for anything more than that.” GivingFeelsEnoughAsksLike YouDirectorsGood EnoughAbout YourselfTense Author:Viola Davis
“At the end of the day, nobody can tell you how to tackle failure or how to handle change. The world is very good at encouraging you to go along with the status quo and at basking in your successes. But when you hit a wall in your personal life, and you screw up, people don't give you a chance to navigate your way through it and tap into what's extraordinary about you.” PeopleWorldWayGivingEndsChanceWallExtraordinaryVery GoodHandleChanging The WorldThe End Of The DayPersonal LifeStatus QuoScrewsNavigateScrew UpsBasking Author:Viola Davis
“There's not one woman in America who does not care about her hair, but we give it way too much value. We deprive ourselves of things, we use it to destroy each other, we'll look at a child and judge a mother and her sense of motherhood by the way the child's hair looks. I am not going to traumatize my child about her hair. I want her to love her hair.” WayWantGivingLooksChildrenDoeUseCareAmericaMotherValuesToo MuchJudgingHairMotherhoodMy ChildrenOne Woman 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
