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I really want my acting to be definitive a lot of times, but I must feel like in any given moment there is a lot of things going on with Rose. I kept telling Denzel [Washington] throughout filming [Fences] that the house is her joy and her tomb.

Viola Davis

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