Quote of the Day (Viola Davis, on Young Actors and Entitlement)
“The only thing that’s different with young actors
now, and maybe it was the same then and it’s just my memory, is I feel like
there is more of a sense of entitlement now. There is more of a sense of people
wanting it all but not wanting to work for it. I’m experiencing success after
27 years professionally in the business and 36 years of acting in general. It
takes a long time of standing in line to get to the front, and no one wants to
stay in line anymore. No one wants to trudge through the dirt and the muck to
get at something quite sweet. So if you are coming out and want to be a star —
you want your ‘Sophie’s Choice’ or your ‘Devil Wears Prada or your ‘Precious’
right away, you want your Oscar straight out of the gate — you are going to
have a hard time.” —How to Get Away With
Murder actress Viola Davis, quoted in Rachel Syme, “In TV, Finding a Creative Space With No Limitations,” The New York Times, Aug. 26, 2015
“The only thing that’s different with young actors
now, and maybe it was the same then and it’s just my memory, is I feel like
there is more of a sense of entitlement now. There is more of a sense of people
wanting it all but not wanting to work for it. I’m experiencing success after
27 years professionally in the business and 36 years of acting in general. It
takes a long time of standing in line to get to the front, and no one wants to
stay in line anymore. No one wants to trudge through the dirt and the muck to
get at something quite sweet. So if you are coming out and want to be a star —
you want your ‘Sophie’s Choice’ or your ‘Devil Wears Prada or your ‘Precious’
right away, you want your Oscar straight out of the gate — you are going to
have a hard time.” —How to Get Away With
Murder actress Viola Davis, quoted in Rachel Syme, “In TV, Finding a Creative Space With No Limitations,” The New York Times, Aug. 26, 2015
No comments:
Post a Comment