Viola Davis Quotes

It seems that different people have an idea of what I am, and what I should be. And then there's me.

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.

I've always been very conscious of who I am.

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

I couldn't put into a capsule one thing that represents me, I don't think.

I know who I am. People who know me know who I am. That's all that matters.

I was born to stand out. I don't care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That's not why I became an actor. I know that more and more with each new role.

And my identity...I never really wondered about it because, unfortunately, I sounded like myself. People be saying I sound like Miles or Clifford Brown.

I have never regarded myself as this or that. I have been too busy being myself to bother about regarding myself.

People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic.

What I've realized, and had to become comfortable with, is that I'm just, I don't think, a star. I'm an actor.

I've read a lot of different versions of myself - and all of them are true because it's all opinion, and they're as accurate as it can ever be. But I don't think that I've been deft at hiding parts of my personality.

If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.

The thing that I like about being me is that everybody gets a different feeling from me.

Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.

It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.

I've come more to terms with the fact that I sound like myself. No matter what I do, I sound like myself.

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice.

I have no doubt who I am.

If you can understand the inner life, then you can wear the uniform, the tattoos, or whatnot and realize that the things that are different about us become superficial.

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

I suppose one should have an integrated personality, but I've never really seen the point.

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too.

I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.

I don't think I'm tangible to myself.