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Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.

Denzel Washington

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Denzel Washington
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 28
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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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As an actor, you're a color of paint on someone else's palette. But as a director, it's your canvas and you make the painting you want to make.
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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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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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I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.
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I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.
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When you look in one direction where Troy's chair was, you could see out through the yard across the street, there was an old cork bar advertisement for five cents. We wanted it to feel like this was real life [in Fences] and that it extended blocks and blocks.
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I read the Bible every day.
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When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor.
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I've always felt protected. That's the God's honest truth.
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I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.
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The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.
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One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.
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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 try not to think about that [getting Oscar] ahead of time. You just try to do the best work you can, and then you get the movie out there, and we've been hearing good things. But you never know, you don't want to get too high, and you don't want to get too low.
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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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At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back (23).
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I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.
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I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.
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I am not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me!
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