“I've had to sink my teeth into a role that was probably a fried-chicke...” — Viola Davis Quote

“I've had to sink my teeth into a role that was probably a fried-chicken dinner and make it into a filet mignon.”

“What it meant for me to win the Emmy is I found it. It's not just the award. It's what it's going to mean to young girls - young brown girls, especially. When they saw a physical manifestation of a dream, I felt like I had fulfilled a purpose.”

“I suffered from low self-esteem for much of my life. And now to feel like maybe something that I'm projecting or saying could mean something to someone means a lot to me.”

“I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.”

“The music I do is food... that will be your dinner.”

“Our family dinner table was my first platform - every dinner was all about sharing stories and jokes and points of view.”