Viola Davis Quotes

United States, Actress
August 11, 1965

Viola Davis is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of several awards, and is one of the few performers to have won an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award, dubbed the "Triple Crown of Acting".

Also known as Producer

I sort of feel like that's the most revolutionary thing we can do with our narrative for me as Black people is to show that we are just like you.

Viola Davis
I'm a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I'm a sitting duck because I can't get ahead of them [cyber experts]. They're far ahead of me. That's what I learned: how vulnerable we are. It's a big, silent monster out there. That's what it feels like.

Viola Davis
- Wish
- Mean
- Silent

Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.

Viola Davis
- Actors
- Ego
- Vanity
I also tried to leave myself alone enough to be surprised by the news. That's when it had its potency. If I approach everything with joy and hope and love, which is what we all do. Every day we get up we're hoping that today is going to be the day that's going to get you over the hump. I tried to do that as much as I could. So then when all the news happens you see what she is made out of.

Viola Davis
- Today
- Joy
- Enough