“You 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."” WantI CanSometimesCharacterPayAttentionSceneQuietOkayLet Me Author:Viola Davis
“[I listen to] "Uptown Funk", Bruno Mars, sometimes even Nina Simone and Adele. Whatever comes up, whatever floats my boat, whatever makes me tap into something in me to just decompress - I listen to that.” SometimesCome UpBoatMarsFloatsFunkNinaUptown Author:Viola Davis
“I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"” KnowsWantLooksSometimesAsksKnow HowDo You KnowFabulous Author:Viola Davis
“I think sometimes what people miss about black people is that we're complicated.” PeopleThinkingSometimesBlackMissingComplicatedBlack People Author:Viola Davis
“Sometimes people come in as a director, and they just want the result, and they barely want that to tell you the truth. Sometimes directors barely talk to the actors; they are so focused on the cinematic elements of the movie, getting the shot and getting the lighting right or getting the CGI effects right and all of that, and they just trust that you are just going to do what you do.” PeopleWantSometimesActorsResultsEffectsDirectorsElementsShotsFocusedLightingCinematicCgi Author:Viola Davis
“I think sometimes you have to see a physical manifestation of your dream. Otherwise you have to hope, pray and try to conjure something in your mind to feel like it's possible.” ThinkingFeelsTryingMindSometimesDreamPrayingManifestationYour Dreams Author:Viola Davis
“Sometimes you see how humanity can rise above any kind of cultural ills and hate that a person's capacity to love and communicate and forgive can be bigger than anything else.” KindPersonsSometimesHateHumanityCapacityBiggerForgivingCommunicateRise AboveCapacity To Love Author:Viola Davis
“I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.” PeopleWorldBelieveSometimesFilmOrderTvsMomMy MomTheatreAfrican AmericanThickAccents Author:Viola Davis
“Sometimes you take a job for the money, sometimes you take it for the location, sometimes you take it for the script; there are just a number of reasons, and ultimately what you see is the whole landscape of it. But I can tell you from behind the scenes - that's what it is, as an actor.” I CanSometimesReasonWholeJobsActorsNumbersBehindsSceneScriptsLandscapeLocationBehind The Scenes Author:Viola Davis
