Viola Davis: I do not walk like a supermodel in heels – I want to show the truth

THE Viola Davis she will never try to be someone other than herself.

In a new interview on Honda Cottb on SiriusXM’s Today Radio Town Hall show, h American actress talked about memoirs entitled Finding Me

During the discussion, the actress said why she thinks it is so important Hollywood to be authentic and how he resists pressure to be a different kind of actor.

“I’m not the girl who walks like a supermodel in heels. I admire those who do. They look absolutely beautiful. I’m not the woman who really cares about being a classic beauty. I’m not even the woman who is really interested in posting pictures that are always beautiful and about victories and successes. I want to study life. I want to show the truth. And you know, that’s the point. “I do not think the truth is bad, because I do not think people are bad.” said the actress.

Elsewhere in the interview, Viola Davis expressed the view that when you are an actress, your job is to give people humanity. “And when you see her, and when she is in front of you, you can not deny her. And when you move on in this life, my God, the greatest gift you can give someone is to tell them who and what they are, that is enough. “And we are very concerned with saying, to embarrass people that anything less than perfect is something we have to keep secret,” he added.

Viola Davis said she learned from the actress Sicily Tyson to accept that she is Black while pursuing her dreams.

As for her memoirs, Davis spoke of the fear she had of revealing so much of herself in a book.

“We live in a world that has nothing to do with forgiveness and healing. Fear was, you know, like the famous saying: “When they know you, they misunderstand you” and I did not want to be misunderstood “ explained. “I wanted the story to be accepted. I wanted people to hear it and I did not want people to judge it. Until I realized, “Viola, the responsibility of telling the story belongs to you.”

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