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" I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them. "
Denzel Washington
You
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" Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. "
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" My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family. "
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" 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! "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. "
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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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" If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. "
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" Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward. "
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" In Los Angeles, everyone is a star. "
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" Growing up I didn't watch movies. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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 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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Women
Hollywood
Opportunities
" 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 read the Bible every day. "
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" You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib. "
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" I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me. "
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" I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. "
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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'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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" I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies. "
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" Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. "
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" The poorest people are the sweetest people. "
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