Author: Viola Davis

Quotes

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

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

- Viola Davis

I definitely have a happy marriage and family life.

I definitely have a happy marriage and family life.

- Viola Davis

I know I'm not the best, but I'm proud of myself.

I know I'm not the best, but I'm proud of myself.

- Viola Davis

Acting is not rocket science, but it is an art form. What you are doing is illuminating humanity. Or not.

Acting is not rocket science, but it is an art form. What you are doing is illuminating humanity. Or not.

- Viola Davis

The reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put truth on the screen. I want real women to see real women on the screen.

The reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put truth on the screen. I want real women to see real women on the screen.

- Viola Davis

I would love to do really great work and for women who are marginalised to see me as an inspiration.

I would love to do really great work and for women who are marginalised to see me as an inspiration.

- Viola Davis

I know that love is real when it's not convenient, when it's not selfish, when it's challenged, sometimes even if it's not reciprocated.

I know that love is real when it's not convenient, when it's not selfish, when it's challenged, sometimes even if it's not reciprocated.

- Viola Davis

There's no prerequisites to worthiness. You're born worthy, and I think that's a message a lot of women need to hear.

There's no prerequisites to worthiness. You're born worthy, and I think that's a message a lot of women need to hear.

- Viola Davis

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

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