What Says Viola Davis After Win Oscar

Viola Davis thanks Denzel, God and the graveyard for her Oscar win

Supporting actress Oscar winner Viola Davis scored her first Academy Award on Sunday for her role in "Fences." The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning star has been nominated for Oscars twice before -- for "The Help" and "Doubt" --  and also earned a lead actress Tony Award for her role when "Fences" was on Broadway in 2010. That's a Grammy short from EGOT-ing.
"There’s one place that all the people with the greatest potential are gathered. One place. And that’s the graveyard," said a tearful Davis in her acceptance speech.
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. I became an artist and thank God I did because we are the only profession that celebrates what it means to live a life
 'Fences' star Viola Davis, supporting actress winner
Davis thanked "Fences" playwright and screenwriter August Wilson, who "exhumed and exalted the ordinary people." She also thanked director and co-star Denzel Washington, who received a rousing round of applause when she addressed him with "O, Captain! My Captain!"
"Thank you for putting two entities in the driving seat: August and God. And they served you well."