Viola Davis is responding to the criticism she received online for her performance as Michelle Obama in Showtime’s The First Lady.
The 56-year-old star told the BBC that it is “incredibly hurtful when people say negative things about your work.” Click inside to read more… “How do you move on from the hurt, from failure?” she added. “But you have to.
Not everything is going to be an awards-worthy performance.” She continued, “Critics absolutely serve no purpose. And I’m not saying that to be nasty, either. “They always feel like they’re telling you something that you don’t know,” she continued. “Somehow that you’re living a life that you’re surrounded by people who lie to you and ‘I’m going to be the person that leans in and tells you the truth,’ so it gives them an opportunity to be cruel to you.
But ultimately I feel like it is my job as a leader to make bold choices. Win or fail it is my duty to do that.” Find out what role Viola Davis regrets taking on…
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