“I feel like I have a director’s head,” she said.
“I love tapping into [other actors’] potential. And I’m always watching movies saying, ‘If that beautiful actor had just done this, this and that.”
Jessica Chastain, who honored Davis at the award ceremony, backed Davis’ ability to handle things behind the camera.
“I think she’s at a place right now where she can just choose what she feels like doing and what she’s excited about,” Chastain told The Hollywood Reporter.
“That’s what I hope for her. She’s an EGOT winner. She’s a best-selling author. She’s kind of conquered everything. She has the most incredible life, and I just hope for Viola, whatever she feels is her next journey that she gets to do it.”
Davis is well known for her work in front of the camera, but she also has extensive experience as a producer. Over the years, she’s earned producing credits on many of her most successful projects, including How To Get Away With Murder and The Woman King.
“When I see a movie like The Woman King, it has Viola’s fingerprints all over it,” Chastain added.
“A movie like that with a female director and a cast of powerful Black female leads can get made in Hollywood today because of Viola’s lifelong advocacy for women of color.”
