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We rehearsed for two weeks [in Fences], and we taped out the whole house in the front, and the rooms, and we stood it up like a play. We tried to get off book and gave people small props.
Denzel Washington
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Denzel Washington
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 28
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