Wednesday, September 23, 2015

'How to Get Away with Murder' Emmy Winner Viola Davis: "At the End of the Day, People Want to Be Seen"

Viola Davis
How to Get Away with Murder star Viola Davis spoke with the New York Times about her historic Primetime Emmys win, including the importance of being scene. She acknowledged her awareness of the comments made by General Hospital's Nancy Lee Grahn but didn't have anything to say about that.

Q. What did you and Taraji P. Henson, a fellow nominee in the drama category, say to each other when you won?

A.
First of all, that was like the second or third time we hugged through the night. She said, “I love you,” and I said, “I love you more than anything in the world, I love you!” That’s what we said. I think at the end of the day, people want to be seen. And I think that’s why it was important for me and Taraji to acknowledge that in each other, to not just feel like it is competition, to just say, I see you, yes, I see you, too. I love you. I take you in.

Q. For you it is about inclusion.

A.
If there has been any backlash, it’s that all people want to feel included in a speech. I know there has been some backlash with an actress who didn’t feel she was included.

Q. You mean the soap opera actress (Nancy Lee Grahn, who argued on Twitter that Ms. Davis’s speech was misleading because she was part of an elite group of actresses who had never been held back by discrimination)?

A.
Yes. I don’t know that I want to say more about that.

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1 comment:

  1. Just when I think I cannot love Ms. Davis any more, she does or says something that bolsters my affection! She is a class act and a brilliant talent. I had the great pleasure to have witnessed her on Broadway twice and she is electric.

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