Denzel Washington Quotes
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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 still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.
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I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.
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The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.
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I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.
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I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.
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I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
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I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.
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The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then.
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I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy.
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Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.
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When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let's get that going.
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I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.
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Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.
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Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.
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When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!
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I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.
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Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.
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I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.
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My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
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I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.
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If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her.
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The poorest people are the sweetest people.
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Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.