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I walk by faith, not by sight.
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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There's things that I can do as an actor that I couldn't do in any other form of life and I've got a strange personality. But film requires strange people, so I've got a nice comfy home.
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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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Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.
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We live in a time when people give up too easy.
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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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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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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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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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Cursed be the ground for our sake. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. For out of the ground we were taken, for the dust we are and to the dust we shall return.
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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.
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It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.
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I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.
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As the filmmaker, yes, I have to look out for everybody. But I don't have to know everybody's approach.
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I just try to be honest and true to the character and play the part.
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Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.
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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'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic make-up, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.
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Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.
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I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.
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