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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. "

Denzel Washington

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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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" 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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" Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it. "

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" I like talking. I like acting. "

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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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" Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. "

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" Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward. "

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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 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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" I read the Bible every day. "

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" Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation. "

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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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" 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 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 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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" In any profession it gets to be a grind. "

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" If you don't trust the pilot, don't go. "

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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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" My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque. "

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" My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. "

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" I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith. "

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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'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 still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office. "

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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 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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" You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. "

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