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" Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. "
Denzel Washington
Life
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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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" 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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" If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. "
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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'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with. "
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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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" Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward. "
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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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" My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family. "
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" You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib. "
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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 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'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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" If you don't trust the pilot, don't go. "
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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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" In any profession it gets to be a grind. "
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" I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me. "
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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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" 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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