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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. "

Denzel Washington

Door

Said

Mother

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" I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them. "

" 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. "

Denzel Washington

Thinking

Sit

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

" 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. "

" I like talking. I like acting. "

Denzel Washington

Talking

Acting

" I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation. "

" In Los Angeles, everyone is a star. "

" 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. "

" My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace. "

Denzel Washington

Understand

Faith

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

" 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

Messed Up

Home

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" Growing up I didn't watch movies. "

" I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me. "

Denzel Washington

Pick

Scripts

" I've worked with children all my life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. "

" 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. "

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

" Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. "

" One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy. "

" 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. "

" 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

Kid

King

" I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. "