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在南加州又一个阳光明媚的冬日，维奥拉·戴维斯（Viola Davis）待在家里，心情愉悦。她说自己是个”宅女”：”绝对是，我就是个十足的内向者。”她说道。
她喜欢待在家里的什么？”我就喜欢做自己，”她说，”我就想过平凡的生活。不想化妆，也不想扮演任何人，只想做我自己。”
但当她离开家时，似乎总能创造奇迹。她能点亮红毯，将反派塑造成超级英雄，在《空中大灌篮》（注：此处原文”Air”指电影《Air》，讲述迈克尔·乔丹球鞋合同谈判的故事）中甚至让我们相信她促成了迈克尔·乔丹的球鞋交易。
如今，她携手超级畅销书作家詹姆斯·帕特森（James Patterson）踏入出版界，共同创作了新小说《Stone法官》（”Judge Stone”）。帕特森深谙合作之道，曾与比尔·克林顿总统合著《第一先生》（”The First Gentleman”），与歌手多莉·帕顿合著《快跑，罗斯，快跑》（”Run, Rose, Run”）。
戴维斯表示自己和帕特森性格截然不同：”然而，在共同写作这本书的过程中，我就是喜欢他。我们一拍即合。”
那么，奇迹发生了吗？”我认为如果人们愿意保持开放心态，奇迹会经常发生，”帕特森说。
合著者维奥拉·戴维斯与詹姆斯·帕特森谈论他们的新小说《Stone法官》
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《Stone法官》是一部法律惊悚小说，讲述阿拉巴马州一个小镇上备受尊敬的黑人女性巡回法官，在一名叫诺娃（Nova）的少女被强奸并进行非法堕胎后，主审一起极具争议的案件。
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为何要触及堕胎这一容易引发争议的话题？”正因如此，”帕特森回答，”我们要让它不再是争议焦点。我认为这正是这个故事如此出色、如此有力量的原因，因为我们深入探讨了人们不愿谈论的领域。我们需要讨论它。”
为了丰满受害者的形象，戴维斯表示她借鉴了自己遭受性侵犯的经历。”我觉得对那些遭受性侵犯和强奸的女性，尤其是儿童，我有责任，因为我自己也曾是其中一员，”她说，”她们也应该知道这种经历带给她们的真实感受。”
这本新书将于明天出版，帕特森对此寄予厚望：”你知道，每本书开始创作时，你都希望它能成为杰作。有时，你可能只能勉强接受’还不错’或’非常好’的结果。但这次，我觉得我们做到了杰作级别。”
他们对”杰作”都深有体会。
维奥拉·戴维斯在2008年的电影《虐童疑云》（”Doubt”）中饰演一位痛苦的母亲，与梅丽尔·斯特里普（Meryl Streep）演对手戏，两人在拍摄期间成为密友。”梅丽尔·斯特里普！我想我们在《虐童疑云》中因巧克力而结缘，”戴维斯说，”天哪，我们吃了超多巧克力，相信我！”
戴维斯在片中仅出场8分钟，但她的表演令人震撼，为她赢得了奥斯卡提名。当你了解到她在镜头前会提前做大量准备工作——为角色撰写传记时，就不会觉得意外了。”我们在努力挖掘角色的本质，”她说，”于是不停地写，写，写，写。在某个时刻，灵感就会迸发。”
事实上，戴维斯早在想成为演员之前就想当作家，甚至在罗得岛州中央瀑布市（Central Falls）长大的小女孩时期就有这种梦想。”我9岁时就想成为一名作家，那是我的幻想，”她说，”我不知道为什么，也许因为我喜爱《波比双胞胎》（Bobbsey Twins）系列书籍。我当时想，’哦，我可以以此为生。’”
她的新书围绕一个挣扎于自我价值的贫困少女展开，对戴维斯而言这是熟悉的题材。她说自己的故事影响了这些角色：”我的一切经历，每个细节都影响了这些角色。我觉得我有责任去致敬6岁的维奥拉。一想到她的酒窝，我就会想起她总觉得自己很丑。”
戴维斯表示，她将6岁时的痛苦带入了每一个角色，从电视剧《逍遥法外》（”How to Get Away With Murder”）到《藩篱》（”Fences”）的表演，她把个人的不安全感转化为戏剧张力，并最终赢得奥斯卡金奖。她甚至在奥斯卡颁奖礼上发表了值得铭记的感言：”致我的丈夫和女儿，我很庆幸你们是我生命的基石。”
说到丈夫和女儿，她现在仍与他们同住，还有一只备受宠爱的狗狗贝利（Bailey）。”是我的女儿非常想要一只狗，”戴维斯说，”但你猜谁现在不遛狗了？哦，她确实会遛，但你知道孩子嘛。”
看来维奥拉·戴维斯是世界上获奖最多的”遛狗人”之一，拥有EGOT荣誉（艾美奖、格莱美奖、奥斯卡奖和托尼奖）。现在，她无疑将”畅销书作家”的头衔加入这一荣誉清单。
当被问及《Stone法官》是否标志着她另一个职业生涯的开始时，戴维斯回答：”或许吧。我不确定。我不知道我人生的这一章意味着什么，你知道吗？也许会多写点东西，也许去旅行，也许只是做个普通人。我觉得我值得享受这样的生活。EGOT不会刻在我的墓碑上，不过话说回来，墓碑空间有限，’挚爱’（Beloved）这个词倒是足够写了，你懂我的意思吗？”
Viola Davis and her latest co-star, author James Patterson
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Updated on: March 8, 2026 / 10:36 AM EDT / CBS News
On yet another sunny winter day in southern California, Viola Davis is home, and happy to be here. She says she’s a homebody: “Homebody, totally. I’m total introvert,” she said.
What does she like about being at home? “I like just being,” she said. “I just like to be regular. I don’t want to put on makeup. I don’t want to try to be anyone else, other than myself.”
But when she does leave home, she Davis a tendency to make magic. She can light up a red carpet, turn bad guys into superheroes, and in “Air,” even make us believe she helped negotiate Michael Jordan’s shoe deal.
And now she’s stepped into the publishing world with a new novel, “Judge Stone,” that she co-wrote with superstar author James Patterson, who knows a thing or two about collaboration, having co-written books with President Bill Clinton (“The First Gentleman”) and singer Dolly Parton (“Run, Rose, Run”).
Davis said she and Petterson couldn’t be any more different: “And yet, meeting, writing this book, I just liked him. We just connected.”
So, magic happened? “I think magic can happen a lot, if people would just stay open,” Patterson said.
Co-writers Viola Davis and James Patterson discuss their new novel, “Judge Stone.” CBS News
“Judge Stone” is a legal thriller about a respected Black female circuit judge in a small Alabama town, who presides over a highly controversial case when a teenage girl named Nova is raped and has an illegal abortion.
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Why touch on the subject of abortion, when it’s a lightning rod for some people? “That’s why. That’s exactly why,” Patterson replied. “To make it so it’s not a lightning rod. And I think that’s why this story is so good, why it’s so powerful, because we’re going into areas that people aren’t [talking about]. We need to talk about it.”
To help flesh out the character of the victim, Davis says she drew on her own experience with sexual assault. “I felt a responsibility to women who have been sexually assaulted and raped, especially children, as I am one of them,” she said. “And what they also deserve is the truth of how it made them feel.”
The new book comes out tomorrow, and Patterson says he has high hopes: “You know, every book you start, you want it to be great. And sometimes, you have to settle for not so good, or very good. And in this case, I think we settled for great.”
They both know all about “great.”
Viola Davis played an agonized mother in the 2008 film “Doubt” opposite Meryl Streep, who became a close friend during filming. “Miss Meryl Streep! I think we clicked on ‘Doubt’ over a lot of chocolate,” Davis said. “Oh man, we ate the hell out of that chocolate, let me tell you!”
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Davis was only on screen for eight minutes, but her performance was so riveting it earned her an Oscar nomination. It’s not all that surprising when you hear about the work she puts in before the cameras roll, writing biographies for her characters. “We’re trying to figure out who they are,” she said. “And so, you write, and you write, and you write, and you write. And somewhere in there, something clicks.”
In fact, Davis wanted to write long before she wanted to act, even as a little girl growing up in Central Falls, Rhode Island. “I wanted to be a writer when I was nine years old; it was my fantasy,” she said. “I don’t know why, maybe because I loved the Bobbsey Twins books. I was like, ‘Oh. I could make a life of that.’”
Her new book centers around an impoverished young girl struggling with her own self-worth, and to Davis that’s familiar ground. She says her own story influenced her characters: “All of it. Every single bit of my story influenced all of these characters. I feel that it is my duty to honor six-year-old Viola. I can’t sort of think about her dimples without thinking about the fact that she always felt ugly.”
Davis says she carries the pain she felt as a six-year-old into every role, from her TV series “How to Get Away With Murder,” to her performance in “Fences,” turning her personal insecurity into dramatic power – and Oscar Gold. She even made an Oscar-worthy acceptance speech: “To my husband and my daughter, I’m so glad you are the foundation of my life.”
Speaking of her husband and daughter, she still shares a house with both … plus one very pampered pup, Bailey. “It was my daughter who desperately wanted a dog,” Davis said. “And guess who never walks a dog now? I mean, she does walk the dog, but you know how kids are.”
So it seems that Viola Davis is one of the most decorated dog walkers in the world, with her EGOT status (having earned an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony). And now, she’s sure to add “bestselling author” to those accolades.
Asked if “Judge Stone” represents the start of another career for her, Davis replied, “Perhaps. I don’t know. I don’t. I don’t know what this chapter in my life is about, you know? Maybe a little bit more writing, or maybe travel, you know? Maybe just being a regular person. I think I’ve earned that, you know? EGOT is not gonna be on my gravestone, just put it that way. I don’t think there’s enough space, but ‘Beloved,’ there’s enough space for ‘Beloved,’ you know?”
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