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" I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. "
Denzel Washington
Along
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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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Movies
People
You
" I read the Bible every day. "
Denzel Washington
Read
Bible
Day
" I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with. "
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Really
" You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. "
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Pray
Mud
" I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them. "
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You
Mentor
Daily
" 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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Quit
Saying
Now
" I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA. "
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Part
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DNA
" Growing up I didn't watch movies. "
Denzel Washington
Growing Up
Watch
Growing
" I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation. "
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Work
Work Hard
Need
" Fond memory brings the light of other days around me. "
Thomas Moore
Light
Other
Memory
" If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. "
Brendan Behan
Go
Would
Soup
" 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. "
Denzel Washington
Black
Makeup
Proud
" I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office. "
Denzel Washington
Office
Remember
Unemployment
" I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith. "
Denzel Washington
Really
Struggle
Never
" If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. "
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Know
Mad
Learn
" Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. "
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Life
Living
Way
" Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. "
Saint Patrick
Before
Within
Me
" I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me. "
Denzel Washington
Pick
Scripts
Me
" In any profession it gets to be a grind. "
Denzel Washington
Profession
Grind
Gets
" Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. "
Dave Barry
Ireland
Island
Rural
" 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. "
Denzel Washington
Job
College
Time
" 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. "
Denzel Washington
Protest
Upset
People
" My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun! "
Denzel Washington
Bad Guy
Bad
First Time
" 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. "
Denzel Washington
Door
Said
Mother
" Being Irish, I always had this love of words. "
Kenneth Branagh
Love
Being
Had
" If you don't trust the pilot, don't go. "
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You
Pilot
Go
" I've worked with children all my life. "
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All My Life
Life
Children
" I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness. "
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Laziness
Been
More
" In Los Angeles, everyone is a star. "
Denzel Washington
Star
Los Angeles
Angeles
" I like talking. I like acting. "
Denzel Washington
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