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When you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get a job. Just to get a job. Any job. Whatsoever. You don't think that people are going to see you in a certain way.

Viola Davis

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Viola Davis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 11
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Television Producer
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