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" If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. "
Denzel Washington
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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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" 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. "
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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 work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation. "
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" I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward. "
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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 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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" 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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" One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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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" I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" Growing up I didn't watch movies. "
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" I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies. "
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