12 Viola Davis Quotes That Will Make You Ugly Cry
Viola Davis is making history. Not only is she the first black actress to win five SAG Awards, she’s also the first black actress to be nominated for three Oscars. Each time Viola steps on stage to accept her trophies, she always manages to deliver a moving speech we all can be inspired by. In honor of her record-breaking success, we’ve rounded up some of her best quotes that will make you ugly cry.
- “I believe that the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are, truly being who you are.”
- “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.”
- “I don’t have any time to stay up all night worrying about what someone who doesn’t love me has to say about me.”
- “I own my story. I own my failures. I’m not interested in being perfect. That’s how I deal [with stress]. I don’t put on a mask. I think that the effort…