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Viola Davis Gives Moving Self-Acceptance Speech At Watermark Conference - Watch Here!

Viola Davis Gives Moving Self-Acceptance Speech At Watermark Conference - Watch Here!

Viola Davis may be the an award-winning movie and TV star, but she says she has long struggled with loving herself.

While giving a speech at the 2017 Watermark Conference for Women Silicon Valley at the San Jose Convention Center on Wednesday (February 1) in San Jose, the 51-year-old Fences star opened up about starting to feel “really confident” only in the past few years.

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“I tried to live somebody else’s life, and it does not work,” Viola expressed, adding that “nothing will do you any good if you do not own your own story. If you own your own story, that is how you live life bigger than yourself. You are enough.”

Click inside to watch Viola Davis’ speech at the Watermark Conference…


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