Viola Davis “Feeling Comfortable and Confident In Your Skin” For G20 Film

Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis recently spoke with BuzzFeed about feeling comfortable and confident in your skin. In the film G20, she portrays a character named Danielle Sutton, who embodies confidence as the most powerful woman in the world. When asked how her character starts her day, the question was whether she practices affirmations in front of the mirror each morning to motivate herself for the challenges ahead.

“You don’t always feel confident. Danielle does not always feel confident. She absolutely is driven by the imposter syndrome. As a mother, as a leader, you just have to do it. That’s it. You know, it’s like what they say: the path becomes clear as soon as you make the first step. Just making the first step is important.” The EGOT star mentioned something coming to her as she will turn 60 this year.

“Your purpose is not what you do. It’s what happens to people when you do what you do. And when you think of yourself, and you think of what your life can mean to other people, how it affects them, how it makes them feel less alone, how it makes them feel more worthy, how it makes them feel more capable, then what it does is it gives a level of courage to get up in the morning that’s confidence, that’s warrior fuel. Who you are is more important than what you do.”

Viola Davis in ‘G20’.Credit: Ilze Kitshoff/Prime Video

Davis leads the new film, which is available on Prime Video. The movie is about a female president of the United States who must protect her family from terrorists who take over the G20 Summit in South Africa. The film also features Black-ish stars Anthony Anderson, who portrays her supportive husband Derek; Marsai Martin, who plays her rebellious daughter Serena; and Clark Gregg as Vice President Harold Mosely.

Viola Davis and Anthony Anderson in ‘G20’. Ilze Kitshoff/Prime Video

Marsai Martin and Christopher Farrar in ‘G20’. Ilze Kitshoff/Prime Video

Are you planning to watch the G20 movie? What affirmations do you say to yourself in the mirror to help you show up to work comfortably and confidently?

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