John David Washington Quotes
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I would tell people my dad was all the characters he's played in movies, because once you say he's a lawyer or something, they move on.
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Who would I be if I complained about having a father that provided for me? Who would I be if I was complaining about having a father who loved me? That would make me a real jerk.
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Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations.
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A lot of NFL guys are misunderstood.
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Spike Lee is a master of tone, so basically, if he wants to do something, he should do it, and Imma listen.
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If I can inspire one person to actually administer change, to want to inspire change, I will follow that person.
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Hate has a language, so we have to find a language to combat that.
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My mother taught me how to love.
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It's a thankless job for police officers, period, but specifically for men and women of color protecting and serving.
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I had family in Carolina who were very hood and talked differently in this sort of Southern cadence.
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The injury that ended my time in football turned out to be serendipitous. I tore my Achilles while training for a pending tryout with the New York Giants, and when it snapped, so did my career, basically. That's what led me to gain the confidence to get into the acting world on my own terms.
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In college, I had an alias: I was Johnny.
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A Ryan Coogler film? I'm there for it.
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Oh, talking about private school, man, I had cornrows, and when I picked 'em out, certain people that didn't look like me always wanted to touch 'em. One time, I just said, 'Yo, hell no.'
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My mom had an encounter with the KKK when she was, I think, 7 years old in North Carolina. She snuck into a cross burning. I'm so lucky she didn't get caught, because I wouldn't be here.
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There's some men and women out there that are doing their job the right way. They're protecting and serving complete strangers in their communities the right way. And it's a thankless job. Obviously, there's a lot of information out on cops not doing their jobs correctly, but the ones that are should be celebrated.
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Being able to tell people's stories - this is the most exciting job in the world to me.
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I was ignorant before I did my research of a lot of African American police officers out there who are doing their job and doing it the right way.
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They were very supportive parents in all my endeavors. They have very different approaches on how they give advice.
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I have to keep making films, getting better in my craft, and the way to do that is to work with people who know what they're doing and who can help me.
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I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.
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I'm from the old school; hard work pays off.
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I've loved acting since I can remember.
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I went to private school, but I've got family from North Carolina.