Denzel Washington Quotes
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I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.
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I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
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You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.
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If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
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I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.
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I read the Bible every day.
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If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.
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When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel.
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In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.
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Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.
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You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
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It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.
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My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!
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I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.
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I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.
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You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.
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I've worked with children all my life.
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I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.
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My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.
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My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.
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One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.
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Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn't work the other way around.
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I like talking. I like acting.
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I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.