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I've worked with children all my life.
Denzel Washington
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Denzel Washington
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 28
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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr.
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I think we're fascinated by gangsters and that whole lifestyle and crossing the line. We get sort of stuck in our normal lives, if you will, and you want to be bigger than life and I think people somehow live through these sorts of characters.
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A part of me still says, 'Maybe, Denzel, you're supposed to preach. Maybe you're still compromising.' I've had an opportunity to play great men and, through their words, to preach. I take what talent I've been given seriously, and I want to use it for good.
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What's a celebrity anyway? Paris Hilton's a celebrity. I'm just a working actor.
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I love research and being educated. It's a great job being able to step into all kinds of professions and into other people's shoes.
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What we did [shooting Fences] was we got young students from Carnegie Mellon, the acting and theater students, and we had them as our understudies. I told them, You have to be off book and be ready. If Viola [Davis] has to leave you have to jump in.
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Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the film made for me and to get as many people to see it as possible. And if I help that, then - I know I help that, let's put it that way. I do know that I help that. It is called show business.
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One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.
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Years ago, even prior to 9/11, I did a movie called The Siege. I did a lot of research with the FBI and the CIA. And I was amazed at that time (I guess we might all know it now) how little information they shared with each other. So after that, I'm not surprised by anything.
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Raising the standard of the work, not complaining about somebody not voting.
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You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!
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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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Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.
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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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Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.
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It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.
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I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you gotta get on your knees in the morning to find them. And while you're down there thank God for grace and mercy and understanding. We all fall short of the glory, we all got plenty.
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I'm not interested in being a celebrity I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director.
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