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I haven't seen most of what I've done. I can't even list them. Most television jobs. I haven't seen a lot.

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Viola Davis
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: August 11
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That's why there's so much bad acting out there, because you could see actors watching themselves.
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I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And what I didn't do well, I thought people were going to give me the opportunity to do well, because maybe they saw my talent, so they would give me a chance. I had no idea that they would see me completely different.
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The only thing that separates women of color from everyone else is opportunity.
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Do not live someone else's life and someone else's idea of what womanhood is. Womanhood is you. Womanhood is everything that's inside of you.
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I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things.
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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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