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For me, that was a hard scene [in Fences] to do twenty-something times, which (laughing), I counted. That was difficult, but once I did it, I felt like I could do anything.

Viola Davis

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Viola Davis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 11
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South Carolina
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