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I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.

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Denzel Washington
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 28
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The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.
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It's important for us to tell our stories.
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There's a book called The Sociopath Next Door. I thought most sociopaths were violent. In fact, they aren't. But almost all sociopaths want to win, no matter what.
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I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, I'm serious about this. These other little kids they want to play, and I don't have time for that.
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You don't pick black actors or black directors because they are black. You pick them because they are good. If you lend somebody 50 million dollars you want you're money back. You don't care if they are oppressed. You just want you're money back.
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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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Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.
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What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control
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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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You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.
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Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.
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Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
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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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So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else (20).
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[Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on our lives that we have to fight against.
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Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.
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I'm a positive person, so I don't get bogged down with it. If you're expecting that, if you wall in that, if you practice that, then you'll attract what you fear.
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