Viola Davis Quotes

I feel at home in Shondaland. I feel a lot of things at Shondaland, but one of the things I feel that I haven't felt before is at home. I feel accepted for who I am and acknowledged for who I am. I feel like my ideas are embraced.

I've gone to normal clubs, straight clubs, and I've gone to gay clubs to party with my friends and fans. There's no difference. I have nothing to prove. I'm very comfortable in my own skin, and I'm thankful to have as many close gay friends as I have, people who have been so supportive in my life and have always been there for me.

If you happen to be in an environment where people are not accepting of who you are, you just need to know that's not always the way it will be.

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud.

If you don't believe you don't belong.

I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot.

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.

I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.

Everybody is different; as long as you look like you belong and you can fit in, the world is you oyster now.

I played with a band, and the lead singer would always introduce me as 'the 13-year-old lead guitarist.' I didn't want to be a novelty, like 'Oh, she has three arms! Check her out.' But I've learned to accept it as more of a compliment.

My following is straight. I'm so glad.

I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!

When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.

Once I started singing, I didn't have to try to be cool. I was just one of the coolest guys around.

I am Chinese - it doesn't matter what other people say.

I'm okay in my skin, you know... I'm okay with who I am.

I'm a fully paid-up member of the human race.

I don't want anyone to ever say that I don't belong where I am.

It's possible and available to any artist to be himself or herself on their own terms, to be accepted and embraced by black people. You don't have to be a thug to get love from black people.

I can be an incredibly fabulous person, and I don't have to be in the highest heels, the tallest wig, the skimpiest outfit.

I'm a fierce advocate for diversity. Always have been, always will be.

I've never felt as though I didn't belong, I just acted as though I did.

People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.