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" In any profession it gets to be a grind. "
Denzel Washington
Profession
Grind
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" My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family. "
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" I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. "
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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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" 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 never really had the classic struggle. I had faith. "
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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'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'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 read the Bible every day. "
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" One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy. "
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" If you don't trust the pilot, don't go. "
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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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" 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 still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office. "
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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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" Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. "
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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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" You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib. "
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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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" 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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