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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
Flying
You
Too Late
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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 don't trust the pilot, don't go. "
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" Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward. "
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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 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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" In Los Angeles, everyone is a star. "
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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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" My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. "
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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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" I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me. "
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" Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. "
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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 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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" 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'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies. "
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" Growing up I didn't watch movies. "
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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 like talking. I like acting. "
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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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Messed Up
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Home
" 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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Health
Commitment
Together
" Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation. "
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Good
Material
Open
" 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 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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" Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. "
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" Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it. "
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" In any profession it gets to be a grind. "
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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 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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" 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 say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. "
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