Viola Davis Quotes

I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.

The blessing and the curse of not having a huge hit... you can go in and out of roles and some people know who you are and some people don't. I'd love for one of these movies to be super successful because then at least you're presented with more opportunities.

I used to beg for auditions. Now, they're being thrown at me.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

If you do good work, you start to make a name for yourself and things can come around. Weird little happenstances happen.

I think people respect my work, but I was never in one of those movies that made me a star.

People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.

When you're up for an Oscar, you just get offered everything. It's fantastic, but a lot of it you're completely inappropriate for.

You would be amazed at the number of doors a Nobel Prize opens.

If you are part of good projects and working with good filmmakers, you will automatically get good roles.

I'm glad that so many directors are keen to work with me.

I've always had the luck or blessing that someone would say, 'I liked what you did in that movie. I'd like you to be in my movie.'

Big names and banners bring a lot of visibility to your work and it creates more opportunities for you.

The only time it's ever like work is when you don't like what you've done. I'm very lucky in that I haven't cultivated fame. Which, from what I've seen of my contemporaries, takes an enormous amount of time. I have a lot of respect for people that do it and they're successful at it ... Especially people that aren't such talented actors.

The thing I always say is that I wasn't going out reaching for roles, I wasn't fighting for roles - people came to me. They always came to me.

I do not understand the pleasure of being so famous. I just don't get it. I love acting and doing the work. That's what it's all about for me.

I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.

I am fortunate to be successful. People's love is precious to me. I can never take that for granted.

I realize I live in a bubble, and all the opportunities are there to me. And having done a number of popular TV series, I'm mildly famous in certain situations, and lots of doors open to me.

I did my job to make my name a household name.

I'm a working actor, and I'm really appreciative to be a working actor, but it's another level when you're a working actor with the likes of Sarah Paulson and Angela Bassett.

Maybe I didn't take the advantage and become a star and get all the brands so that I could solidify my space in the world.

I never used to get calls from artists or labels, but once you have a top 20 hit, you start getting them.

I am thankful to all those who gave me opportunities in the film industry.

Lots of people knew who Kevin Hart was a decade before he hit it big.