SAG Awards.... Viola Davis Calls Out Hollywoods Lack Of Diversity During SAG Awards Viola Davis brought the audience to their feet with her touching acceptance speech at the 2015 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday. When I tell my daughter stories at night, inevitably, a few things happen, Davis said while accepting the award. Number one, I use my imagination. I always start with life, and then I build from there. And then the other thing that happens is she always says, Mommy, can you put me in the story? And you know, it starts from the top up. Davis called out the lack of diversity in Hollywood, and thanked the How to Get Away With Murder producers (including Shonda Rhimes) for thinking a mysterious woman could be a 49-year-old, dark-skinned, African-American woman who looks like me. This empowering speech follows the one Davis gave at the Peoples Choice Awards earlier this month, in which she took a dig at New York Times television critic Alessandra Stanley. Thank you Shonda Rhimes, [producer] Betsy Beers and [creator] Peter Nowalk for thinking of a leading lady who looks like my classic beauty, she said, referring to Stanleys assertion that Davis was less classically beautiful than Halle Berry or Kerry Washington. Im so proud to be an actor and so happy to do what I do. And Im so happy that people have accepted me in this role at this stage in my career. Speaking after the SAG Awards win, Davis said she didnt anticipate making the speech, but also knew what had to be said. youtu.be/8TIi3OPKU5w
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 12:55:33 +0000
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