kissawayfromkillin:

       HAPPY 53rd BIRTHDAY VIOLA DAVIS!
       (AUGUST 11,1965)

“They tell you to develop a thick skin so things don’t get to you. What they don’t tell you is that your thick skin will keep everything from getting out, too. Love, intimacy, vulnerability. I don’t want that. Thick skin doesn’t work anymore. I want to be transparent and translucent. For that to work, I won’t own other people’s shortcomings and criticisms. I won’t put what you say about me on my load.”

dailydccast:

You’re born with worthiness. I always felt like you had to be pretty, you had to be thin, you had to be young, you have to be… something. And now I know the truth. I’m worthy.

matthewdaddrio:

_{HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE:}

Viola Davis

“I see a lot of sexy women who are hard, cold, look like they have windswept hair and lip gloss and light makeup when they say it’s no makeup. I work out five days a week, and I’m still not a size 2. So I wanted to see a real woman on TV. I wanted to see who we are before we walk out the door in the morning and put on the mask of acceptability.”