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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. "

Denzel Washington

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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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" 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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" 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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" When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything! "

Denzel Washington

" 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 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

" 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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" I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule. "

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" I like talking. I like acting. "

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

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" In Los Angeles, everyone is a star. "

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

Denzel Washington

" My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back. "

Denzel Washington

" Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. "

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" The poorest people are the sweetest people. "

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

Denzel Washington

" 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 in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with. "

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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. "

Denzel Washington

" 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. "

Denzel Washington

" 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 ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family. "

Denzel Washington

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

Denzel Washington

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

Denzel Washington

" 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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" 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

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

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