Viola Davis Quotes
When Denzel [Washington] first called me on the phone after we'd just done a reading of the film ["Fences"]. He said, "Oh Viola it was so good, wasn't it?! I'm gonna tell Russell [Hornsby] to lose a little bit of weight and..." I was just sitting there thinking, why is he calling me? And I told him, "Denzel don't you tell me to lose weight!" He said, "I'm not telling you to lose weight! I can't believe you would say that."
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!
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Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I don't think the economy telegraphs very clearly where it's going.
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I love researching, I love interviewing.
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring.
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I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.
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As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans.
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I love to sing. I also had a band during my college days in Saudi Arabia called Thousand Decibels. If not an actor, I would have become a singer. I am very passionate about work. I am a fitness freak: I go to gym before doing my shoot. I also do yoga.
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Math is one of my favorite subjects.
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Everybody thinks that an important book has to be a big, long book.
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Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.
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I have written two books that have to do with fairy godmothers: 'The Magic Touch' and 'Wishing on a Star.'
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I believe comedy should be free to go anywhere. I believe that there is tasteful and untasteful, I think they're very close to each other, and it's how you handle it tonally. But I'm an equal opportunity offender.
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Disharmony is natural in any band.
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Creativity is as important as literacy.
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When Denzel [Washington] first called me on the phone after we'd just done a reading of the film ["Fences"]. He said, "Oh Viola it was so good, wasn't it?! I'm gonna tell Russell [Hornsby] to lose a little bit of weight and..." I was just sitting there thinking, why is he calling me? And I told him, "Denzel don't you tell me to lose weight!" He said, "I'm not telling you to lose weight! I can't believe you would say that."
