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You know, there's one place that all of the people with the greatest potential are gathered, one place, and that's the graveyard. People ask me all the time, "What kind of stories do you want to tell Viola?" And I say, "Exhume those bodies. Exhume those stories, the stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition, people who fell in love and lost.
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Acceptance speech, Best Supporting Actress for Fences, 89th Academy Awards, Los Angeles, February 26, 2017
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You know, there's one place that all of the people with the greatest potential are gathered, one place, and that's the graveyard. People ask me all the time, "What kind of stories do you want to tell Viola?" And I say, "Exhume those bodies. Exhume those stories, the stories of the people who dreamed big and never saw those dreams to fruition, people who fell in love and lost."