Little, Broken, But Still Good

VIOLA DAVIS 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards January 10, 2023

VIOLA DAVIS + MAJOR INDUSTRY AWARDS

We get probably a tenth of what a Caucasian woman gets. And I’m number one on the call sheet, and then I have to go in and I have to hustle for my worth.

I got the Oscar, I got the Emmy, I got the two Tonys, I’ve done Broadway, I’ve done off-Broadway, I’ve done TV, I’ve done film, I’ve done all of it. I have a career that’s probably comparable to Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Sigourney Weaver - They all came out of Yale, they came out of Julliard, they came out of NYU. They had the same path as me.

And yet, I am nowhere near them. Not as far as money, not as far as job opportunities, nowhere near close to it. I have to constantly get on that phone, and people say, “You’re a black Meryl Streep. You are, and we love you. We love you. There is no one like you.”

Okay, then if there’s no one like me - you think I’m that - you pay me when I’m worth. You give me what I’m worth.

Viola Davis attends 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station in Los Angeles, California | April 25 2021

“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.”

- As the kids say, you are murdering the red carpet in this gown, lady!

- Thank you, thank you.

she’s the moon personified

Oh and the. Dress is the night sky

Now THAT is a movie review.

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Are you fucking SERIOUS?

How?!!

Viola Davis cried to a wooden dummy

The link should have read, Viola Davis went to Julliard and is better than you.