KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Viola Davis Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Viola Davis

Showing 11-20 of 120 Quotes by Viola Davis

I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying could mean something to someone means a lot to me.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I feel that confidence in women - especially young girls of color - but women, in general, is so important. It is so important for us to arm ourselves and become powerful at a very young age.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I do in my life that deeply, deeply fall short of being a statement for being a strong woman. I am flawed as much as anyone else.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


What it meant for me to win the Emmy is I found it. It's not just the award. It's what it's going to mean to young girls - young brown girls, especially. When they saw a physical manifestation of a dream, I felt like I had fulfilled a purpose.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Because I grew up in such tight spaces, I don't get manicures, pedicures. I'm not into cars, but I am into a fabulous house. I wanted the spiral staircase, clean sheets on the bed, to be able to take a shower.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


What excites me is just taking some time to breathe in life. The mundane is very exciting.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


I've had to sink my teeth into a role that was probably a fried-chicken dinner and make it into a filet mignon.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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.

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Tyler Perry's 'Madea Goes to Jail!' Which, I have to tell you, of everything that I've ever done in my career, that's the only thing that's perked up the ears of my nieces and nephews. That is it, that's done it for them. That made me a bona fide star in their eyes!

~Viola Davis

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: August 11th, 1965

Links

Find Viola Davis on Amazon

Related Authors

Bette Davis
Marlene Dietrich
Judy Garland
Helen Hayes
Katharine Hepburn
Angelina Jolie
Marilyn Monroe
Mae West

Popular Authors

George Carlin Agatha Christie Winston Churchill Mark Cuban T. S. Eliot Ruth Bader Ginsburg James Joyce Carl Sagan

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1770 - William Wordsworth

1648 - John Sheffield

1718 - Hugh Blair

1772 - Charles Fourier

1775 - Francis Cabot Lowell

1780 - William Ellery Channing

1873 - John Mcgraw

1874 - Frederick Carl Frieseke

1881 - Daisy Ashford

1889 - Gabriela Mistral

Birthdays on April 7th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Birthday Chance Communication Dating Forgiveness God Life Technology