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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! "
Denzel Washington
Bad Guy
Bad
First Time
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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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" I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with. "
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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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" In Los Angeles, everyone is a star. "
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" You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it. "
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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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" 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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" 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've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me. "
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" Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. "
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" I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies. "
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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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Job
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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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Black
You
White
" I like talking. I like acting. "
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Acting
Like
" I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule. "
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Rule
" Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it. "
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" Growing up I didn't watch movies. "
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Growing Up
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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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Celebrity
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" I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith. "
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Struggle
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" I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. "
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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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Long
Garbage
Think
" 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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" The poorest people are the sweetest people. "
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People
" 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 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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" In any profession it gets to be a grind. "
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Gets
" 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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" Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation. "
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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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