Viola Davis

Anything can be achieved with a good, healthy dose of courage.

Viola Davis

Creativity only resonates if you infuse real life into the work.

Viola Davis

I truly believe that the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Viola Davis

What do you want? What do you want your life to be? What do you want your testimony to be? Go for it!

Viola Davis

When you pray, God puts people in your life to lead you when you cannot lead yourself.

Viola Davis

When you’re really passionate, you’re going to grab hold of every rope you see, and wrap them around your arms and legs to claw your way out. And that’s the way I’ve felt in my life.

Viola Davis

You can’t be hesitant about who you are.

Viola Davis

You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny.

Viola Davis

Your ability to adapt to failure, and navigate your way out of it, absolutely 100 percent makes you who you are.

Viola Davis

Acting, it’s the disappearance of self, disappearance of your own needs and your own wants and the kind of embracing of the character that makes it work.

Viola Davis