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I am not a morning person, but I always work out - always.
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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South Carolina
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I love Wal-Mart. You can put that down. I love Wal-Mart. My husband and I hang out there.
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I was like, 'What is this?' Until I found out it was stress related. That's how I internalized it. I don't do that anymore. My favorite saying in the world is, 'The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.' I am telling you, I have spent so much of my life not feeling comfortable in my skin. I am just so not there anymore.
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When your passion and drive are bigger than your fears, you just dive.
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[Denzel Washington] was rustling with something and when he came back it was with a word about loving myself and the body that I'm in because I was still going on and on about the weight thing. I just liked that, because what people don't understand is that so much of what blocks us as actors is so personal.
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It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when you finish the project, since you always feel like you've learned something.
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Are there women in your world now that have given you those lessons in confidence? Oh absolutely. Meryl [Streep] does it all the time. I think she does it in a way that she doesn't even understand or think she's doing it.
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Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.
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I think that what happens so often on screen is high-stake moments tends to look too pretty. And I just don't think it's honest.
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I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.
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I can't speak for the Kathryn Stockett, but I would guess that she feels proud of the progress the South has made because, growing up, she experienced a very different Mississippi than the one that exists today.
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If the opportunity is not out there for you to play it, then you don't see it.
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I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was so progressive.
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