Oprah In Conversation with Viola Davis | Oprah's Book Club #95 | Finding Me

Originally aired in May of 2022 - Oprah and the award-winning actress talk legacy, “warrior fuel,” and owning your story, in an interview on Oprah Daily.
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[@bacheera1]

"When it comes down to disappointing yourself or disappointing other people, choose other people." For someone who likes to put other people's need first all the time, that quote from Viola Davis helps!

[@johnsoncarter104]

Viola's book is so heart wrenching, heartfelt and full of inspiration. God bless!

[@Bobbcee]

This is one of the most POWERFUL book I’ve ever read. Viola’s writing was so impactful, RAW, vulnerable and beautiful! I loved it!

[@user-qu2gp8mw9u]

I just love Ms. Viola Davis! ❤ Thanks Ms. Oprah❤

[@ArielTionna]

I’m 14 and am Inspired but Ms. Davis everyday. I’m currently reading her book and I’m loving it so far…Loved this whole video

[@TheGayStoic]

Viola is a modern day alchemist! her vulnerability freed me in many ways. thank you ma'am.

[@lovingme1st973]

This is a must read for black women. Oh God how I thank you for letting her this memoir it's so needed.

[@stephanieclark-castro6981]

Listened to this book on audible it was captivating I didn’t want to stop listening. Viola is a true queen and very talented and resilient woman. #Woman warrior

[@Takisanti]

I bought the audio book. If you haven't yet, you must! Her narration of the book is the best I have ever heard. There's so much emotions and playfulness in her voice that you forgot she's reading from her book. When she bust out her school anthem in song i was literally LOL. I love her from all her movies and now I love her even more for her life story. One of the best audio book I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us and thank you Oprah for highlighting this book.

[@khololunjenorexe5461]

I am so glad that I found this video. I feel so inspired this morning. Thank you Oprah Winfrey and Viola Davis for this message. ❤

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

Thank you all dear viola and ........ all❤❤❤❤❤

[@gorsamvel2723]

One of the most impressive biographies I’ve ever read! She cuts you through and lays down bare truths about the violence we go through but also the chances of healing the life is also generous with

[@trayshana]

LOVED the book. Viola is a MASTERPIECE

[@deannamadrigal7503]

Listening to this was beautiful. It was your soul that needed this experience... I say this because what Viola shared, that at 28 she was seeing a therapist. Between 28 and 29 1/2 years we go through are 1st Saturn return. Astrologically this is huge. Funny that your putting this book out at age 58. The start of are 2nd Saturn return. Great interview Thanks Blessings to all you beautiful ladles 🙏💕🦋

[@cynthiawills8944]

I love Viola, her book was inspirational and she is one of my favourite actors to watch truly amazing.

[@iamliazai94]

Both of you are when intelligence & elegance meet. This made my day! May you continue to share your wisdom with the world for many years to come. Happy Birthday Oprah ❤️🎁

[@juraygreene]

hmmm, I so love Viola's reference to the attribution of beauty. My mother especially would tell us girls we were beautiful but she NEVER dwelt on that as a useful quality and so I developed the values that Viola mentioned, the most important of all is resilience, high self esteem, and being a competent (useful) human being... and not needing to be liked, (permission) to forge your path in life.

[@monacannon6644]

Love this! This was great on so many levels. Can't wait to read it. Thank you Oprah and Viola.

[@sparkle3000]

Thank you Ms. Oprah Winfrey for teaching this ♒ woman how to deal with haters with grace and class. Happy Birthday my love. 🥳 🎊 You help so many people. They stay mad. You stay winning! 🙏 ✝️ You are a gem. 🌎 💎💜 💎

[@ellg3441]

I just love Viola's honesty and confidence. 😍I will definitely be ordering that book 📖 on Amazon.

[@PushThruJourney]

I am proud of the strength of Black Woman. Thank you for making me the man I'm today!❤️

[@windowjumping1121]

I listened to this book and it’s a masterclass🥹what a story. I thought I loved her before but now I understand what a gift her light is to the world❤️‍🔥

[@denizericardi2285]

Beautiful. Beautiful. Beautiful. Thanks a million. A big hug from Brazil. ❤

[@khloecalala7606]

Thank you Viola and Oprah for this book topic/ positive message! I wish everyone who gone through trauma of any kind to live longer to know why they went through what they went through! I can’t wait to write my own book 📕 as well! It will take me ages but it will happen in Jesus name 🙏

[@gpinkard]

Thank you for your transparency, Mrs. Viola Davis. Getting to know the woman you are is a beautiful, inspiring journey.

[@debrahjean0927]

I love and respect Viola ❤ I will read the book. Thank you O and V.

[@yeshiworkgashu3192]

It is very nice when you have the chance to visit in back in time of your pain❤ I thought you don’t find yourself but you creat yourself because you still there.

[@thankfulforlife]

Yes! That's my power; my head and my heart. Thanks Mrs Davis

[@sheenestevez6710]

I am not much of a book reader, but this discussion moves me to buy the book.

[@user-ls9rz3pl1j]

I enjoyed this moment with you Mrs. Viola. You are a pillar of joy, strength, beauty and authenticity, such a refreshing gem and spirit. You are beautiful from the inside outside and sexy! Embrace it and feel it And Oprah thank you for giving this Queen her moment and being captivated by her life story in listening with true interest. ~ Your Other Dark and Lovely Sista🌷🦚🌱

[@babygirl4949]

Her book was soooo good. I’m so glad I bought it and own it and didn’t just rent it. So worth the money.

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

Hiiiiiiii dear Oprah ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 welcome back ❤❤❤

[@tinagaston8715]

VIOLA, I LOVE ❤ YOUR BRAVERY, YOUR STRENGTH, & YOUR POWER THAT YOU ARE USING & HAVE USED TO OVERCOME ALL THE ADVERSITY IN YOUR LIFE! ❤ BLACK WOMEN ROCK! YOU ROCK! THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH, SPEAKING YOUR TRUTH, & STANDING TALL/BOLD TOWARDS THE TRUTH! MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN! 🙌🏾👏🏾🙏🏾❤️ REMEMBER MY MOTTO (WORK SMART NOT HARD) I HOPE I MEET YOU 1 DAY ON YOUR BOOK SIGNING TOUR! MAKE SURE YOU VISIT MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA BOOKSTORE OR A SURROUNDING CITY NEAR MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA SO I CAN GET MY BOOK SIGNED BY YOU! 😊 HOLLA, TINA G. V.I.P.💖 SHOUTING OUT ALL THE WAY FROM MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA AKA THE GUMP AKA MONKEY TOWN ❤️

[@Benito-fn4ip]

Great interview...(Of course)...Viola and Oprah...Wow!..My experience and an important realization taught in a spirituality workshop in CA 40 yrs ago, it is important to heal and recognize the emotions of the inner child. Listen to that child and communicate in meditation.

[@AngelicaFWhite]

The strength to be ourselves to wear our marks with pride. We are alive we overcame we still can dream.

[@Thenewlife83]

I enjoyed this video! I will be reading the book as well.

[@Jay85_38]

This book is so so so good. A must read

[@TheName963]

This is crazy! I just finished reading her book today and this just popped up when I was scrolling!

[@tammied1858]

I agree Viola 🌹- push back until you get the response that sits well with you. Oprah🌹

[@DonnaHall8117]

Love Love Viola Davis ❤ I felt a lot of the same things growing up

[@stevenq.singleton1012]

18:50 - 18:53 The sage is not sick but she is sick of sickness. Thank you all for sharing your enriching perspectives and living wisdom :)

[@mariadawson8503]

Oh yeah, I'll be buying this book. Let me log into Amazon right now!!

[@kaythereader]

Jamise!!! Wonderful to see her!

[@AndreaHunt-yk5do]

Inspirational!!!!! God is good 🙌🙏

[@thamilton007]

I love Viola Davis, thank you, Oprah♥️

[@jamielunes1841]

Sip and read ❤

[@youinmybusiness1388]

I love this I want to join the book club

[@sandrakillett9242]

💯💯💯Loving you Ms. Viola👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🎉🎉🎉💕💕❤❤

[@dakotac180]

Viola is so gorgeous and an inspiration.

[@deeprincess3159]

❤Thanks for sharing I'm a poet I write thought provoking poetry and a musician stay blessed

[@missywatson8431]

What an amazing woman 🥰

[@sandrakillett9242]

Amen!❤

[@flickrebeat8936]

I agree with what she said about Friendships are honest No, cause me and My Friends are Very Passive will Leading each other gently not being Disrespectful to each other

[@Eli-oz8mo]

Oh Viola, I'd love to be in your circle ❤❤❤

[@stephanieawuah]

This was good

[@divagirllove3977]

Viola is a force of nature. Long live Viola Davis!! ;)

[@michaelreyes744]

Canada in the casa!!! 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

[@michaelreyes744]

I’d love to see Latina American or Canadian, Indigenous, Asian American or Asian Canadian, Indo American or Canadian, Arab American or Canadian, Jewish Canadian or American women included in these conversations. So fascinating. I Love Viola so much 🫶🏽💜🫶🏽💜🫶🏽

[@michaelreyes744]

Chose other people all the time!!! 🤯🥰😃

[@lehmanxo]

God made us all exactly how we are to be. Black is beautiful and I don’t wanna know where North America would be without the influence and deliverance of black culture ❤

[@nspirationaltreasure]

❤❤❤

[@user-id5wi3qd1y]

❤️🙏🏼

[@user-ij5sp4zv5h]

beautiful hair

[@Patience_asore]

❤❤

[@meewannabe2525]

She tried to hide her Superpower but the saw it!🤩

[@audraking5048]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@trifree]

Viola, what made you decide to write the book and do you still keep in touch with the counselor that gave you the info for the program. What would you say to little Viola now? Loved the book!

[@beachsunshineapril]

Oprah - tell me about that sweater. Did someone knit it for you? I want one.

[@user-ep6rm3ew3o]

👁️just 🧡the 💩out of Viola Davis..........and that hardy Black Lady laugh 🥰🤗👊

[@user-yg3dy8ei5u]

❤

[@LieveLeysen-Discover-]

🙏🏻💖😇

[@Imgonnaswingby]

Personally, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The beholder first is me. If what my presentation is, is unbecoming to me then it is unbecoming. When I can change it, then I will. For those who can't change whatever they see as unbecoming of themselves then leave it in God's hands. What can you do?

[@SFoureman]

The most pivotal, profound thought shared was Viola's eight-year old self identifying the term of abuse that she was experiencing, as a dark skinned Black girl deemed "ugly" by society = the term, erasure. The gift of such recognition to identify this anomaly, at such a young age---shifted her to the powerhouse that she is! She was lead to believe that she wasn't gonna get by in life with a wink and a smile; but, that her course of action would be to become skilled, crafted, smart, and worthy. ...and boy, has she done that! Erasure. This term reflects centuries of racism piled upon her little eight-year old self. Erasure. ...and, the toxic, neglectful, abuse she's talked about. Erasure. ...and, the patriarchal misogyny she's experienced. Erasure. ...being systemically and repeatedly dismissed for a lifetime. Her words and experiences touch the issue of centuries old racism. It, also, addresses the universal sicknesses that have gone on for too long in this world. How bright her star has always shined.

[@jazzyflorida3757]

Oprah came on natural for Viola. Hair looks good child.

[@dineochaka309]

What is the definition of good looking? What is pretty? Which standards do we define pretty. Regards Dineo Jeanette Chaka Kutumela with Thato Mpho Jamilla Kutumela and Tebogo Mpholo Kutumela ZA

[@oopooperistavi]

I will say one thing, we should not define people by the color of their skin, we are all one. It is not a burden that people of different skin color are oppressed, no! They are just like white skinned people. They are the same people.Yes , they are... Its not like how we look and we are bulled from someone, no, we have to say how good and good looking we are, yes, we have to look ourself positive and that is what helps everybody and us too...... I work in a dental office and I have a lot of patients who are of different skin colors, I will say one thing, people who are different colors skin they are very warm.people .... I love Viola Davis and i will say that she is a like a Meryl Streep, she is beautiful , she is profesional and good actress i love her very much.

[@Imgonnaswingby]

Finding your value from others is demeaning. They never know your worth.

[@SOI-wl2lo]

They re-did that interview- the last one with just them two was a little :S from Ms O’s side 😂

[@dijaworldworld3895]

Oprah’s um when Viola said the women in her life are basically not perfect. Love you Viola

[@HeidiBreuer-Gross-fz8hk]

Maxine. You are beautiful!!

[@user-eq2dx2jp6v]

👌👏👏👍👍🙏💖❤

[@gavingavalli389]

16:05 I learned in 2023

[@sakinagouram5752]

jadoooore

[@jamesmarie]

She got her EGOT.

[@Beautyof_autumn]

Viola Davis. That's it

[@MsSweetmademoiselle]

I wonder if her experience is what led her to adopt a lighter skin child …

[@turquoisepurple7sky151]

The government gave her the child. When adopting you are not really able to choose. Now, I think you aee projecting your ills with lightskinned

[@joshuajeremiahrumley9822]

🫶🏼

[@an.4845]

ممكن اكون اسود وممكن اكون قبيح لكن انا هنا موجود

[@falsettogod5853]

No more purple fits, huh? 😂 yeah I wouldn’t wear it ever again if I were you

[@user-vc4uf8bd3p]

Boycott the spin

[@thewaychurch8091]

Why gain the whole world but lose your soul in the end

[@flickrebeat8936]

Why do You Worship a Corpse On a Tree? Is That Not Worshipping Death

[@thewaychurch8091]

Because if I didn't die for your sins, you're going to hells fire demon

[@jortalportal2834]

If this interview weren't done over a year ago - I would boycott Viola Davis. Nobody should be talking to Oprah now. I will boycott any actor or actress that works with or agrees to let Oprah interview them. I think it is funny that Oprah calls Viola "my friend". I don't think Oprah has a single friend in the world. Only money. I don't think she even likes Jackie King. I think Jackie King is like a security blanket or a pet. I don't think narcissists are able to have friends.

[@asinn2020]

One day, you will tell the story of how you overcame what you went through... It will become someone else's survival guide.

[@justoviasmith834]

Now Viola sits with Oprah or gets an invite to sit with Oprah after all this drama with the color purple flopping. Humans are so predictable (Oprah) it appears she can't or doesn't care to get along with black women in Hollywood who stands up for themselves or against something she does. She's most likely trying to damage control in some way by having Viola on conversation. Viola has been speaking up for not getting paid as her counterparts in Hollywood. I don't even look at Oprah the same way I used to. She doesn't have to care what black people think and she shows it as long as white people support her, she's ok. That is disgusting but just my opinion.

[@turquoisepurple7sky151]

I am glad it is your opinion and not based on facts. Thank Goodness you are at the level of that you are because you consume idle gossip. Grow up! Touch grass, leave the KZbin gossip sites to the mental people, and seek the Lord

[@hardyzichel]

A democrat chat 💬 room

[@user-vc4uf8bd3p]

No one trust her reporting, shows she's lost respect, not from all but, still alot. I stopped years ago

[@selma5885]

I am surprised at Oprah's lack of voice and silence on what is taking place in Gaza and the West Bank! Disappointing.

[@user-qu2gp8mw9u]

She is not a savior. She is not a politician. She is not responsible for fixing this world.

[@selma5885]

Yes, but she also highly visible and has a responsibility to speak out! I'm surprised given the apartheid situation and South Africa going to ICJ court and finding she is silent.

[@khismet]

@user-qu2gp8mw9u No on is expecting her to be a savior.. although she's not a politician she holds a lot of political weight. No one believes she'll fix the world but certainly she shouldn't tear it down either.

[@Ifethomas]

I read ‘Finding Me’ a couple of years ago, and it profoundly impacted me with its powerful storytelling. As a dark-skinned black woman, the vivid scenes resonated deeply, bringing back many memories. One story that particularly struck me was about the caring teacher - a figure of support and inspiration. This echoes in my work; when I speak in schools, I always remember the transformative power of words. I end each talk with a mantra inspired by this book: ‘Never give up, never give up on yourself. I see you and I believe in you.’ These words are a beacon of hope, especially for those in the audience who may lack support or financial backing at home. ‘Finding Me’ reminds us all of the impact we can have, one student at a time. 🫶🏾

[@drummerboi7313]

“8 year old viola davis… and two years later, at the age of 28?” Can someone explain the math?

[@AndreaHunt-yk5do]

Greetings all🌤️ Would you be interested in a riveting read posing on the shelf of Amazon as a Five🌟 Star Rated book? My name is Andrea Ricketts,the blessed and proud Author of same. It is entitled " 'Twas Grace: The Power and Sufficiency of God's Grace." It is about a hard season of my life and how Grace covered me all the way here. You will be stirred up to testify of your own victories. Who knows? Perhaps you will do so by writing your own book one day. Bless you!🙏🤳