Denzel Washington Quotes
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I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.
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Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that's their gift.
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I like talking. I like acting.
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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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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 never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.
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Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.
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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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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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I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.
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I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
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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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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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Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.
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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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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 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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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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My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
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Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.
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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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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.