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Denzel Washington
American
Actor
Born:
Dec 28
,
1954
Been
Good
Me
Think
Work
You
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You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.
Denzel Washington
You
Rain
Too
Part
Deal
Gotta
Pray
Pray For
Mud
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
Denzel Washington
Happiness
Faith
Me
Peace
Circumstances
Understand
Dictate
Helps
Inner
Inner Peace
I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.
Denzel Washington
Daily
You
Think
See
Someone
Mentor
Learn
Model
Role
Role Model
Them
Daily Basis
Basis
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.
Denzel Washington
Procrastination
Laziness
Whatever
Ability
Given
More
Been
Frightened
Using
I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.
Denzel Washington
Black
Every
Background
Genetic
Answer
Makeup
Proud
Am
Nor
Cultural
Question
Historical
Very
Which
Who
Basis
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
Denzel Washington
God
Mom
Me
Man
Mother
Reward
Tell
Gives
Another
Used
Award
Need
If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her.
Denzel Washington
You
Enemy
Just Be
Mad
Know
Him
Learn
Just
Then
Your
Her
I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.
Denzel Washington
Health
Me
Together
Commitment
Mind
Made
Drinking
Goodness
Out
Financially
Spiritually
Opened
Hamper
Getting
Anything
Might
Cut
Body
If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
Denzel Washington
Best
People
Think
Possibly
About
Maker
Making
Am
Cup
Effort
Goes
Interested
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.
Denzel Washington
Home
Me
School
Mother
Gave
Back
Never
Messed
Messed Up
Were
Up
Sending
Sent
Much
Right
Right Back
The poorest people are the sweetest people.
Denzel Washington
People
Poorest
Sweetest
Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.
Denzel Washington
Good
You
Opportunity
Matter
Black
White
Good Opportunity
Good Parts
Black Or White
Come
Parts
Without
How
Good Actor
Shot
Hard
Actor
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.
Denzel Washington
War
God
Good
People
Gift
Job
Some People
Everybody
Side
Sides
Religious
Some
Both
Both Sides
Feel
Iraq
Maybe
Who
Reasons
In any profession it gets to be a grind.
Denzel Washington
Gets
Any
Grind
Profession
I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.
Denzel Washington
Good
Me
Sit
Thinking
Othello
Laurence
Laurence Olivier
He
Around
How
Did
Any
Played
I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.
Denzel Washington
Post
Remember
Books
Post Office
Remember When
Still
Unemployment
Office
Department
Worked
Sanitation
It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.
Denzel Washington
Work
Home
You
People
Wonderful
Simple
Once
See
About
Part
Head
Well
Make
Go
Go Home
Get
Done
Where
Movies
Your
Play
Belong
Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.
Denzel Washington
Life
Family
Living
Way
Making
Making A Living
Just
Acting
I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.
Denzel Washington
Faith
Struggle
Classic
Never
Had
Really
I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.
Denzel Washington
Work
Entertainment
Work Hard
Validation
Audience
Hard
Need
I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
Denzel Washington
Women
Opportunities
Think
Totem
Totem Pole
Colour
Bottom
Pole
Least
Get
African-American
African-American Women
Hollywood
I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.
Denzel Washington
Work
Know
Loop
Any
Just
Really
Actor
Growing up I didn't watch movies.
Denzel Washington
Up
Movies
Growing
Growing Up
Watch
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.
Denzel Washington
Work
You
Woman
Age
Young
Older
Other
Way
Finding
Like
She
Because
Around
Real
Still
Opposite
Been
Lot
Offered
Michelle
Get
Gets
Ladies
Double
Standard
Who
Sean
Sean Connery
Connery
Her
Playing
Recently
I like talking. I like acting.
Denzel Washington
Like
Talking
Acting
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