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John David Washington Quotes
John David Washington Quotes
John David Washington
American
Actor
Born:
Jul 28
,
1984
Father
Job
Me
People
Work
You
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I hope people will see how harmful words are and how irresponsible we can be when saying the wrong things at the wrong time to certain people.
John David Washington
Hope
Saying
Time
People
Words
Will
Wrong Time
Harmful
See
Wrong
Wrong Things
How
Irresponsible
Certain
Things
Football helped me with confidence that I needed. It gave me a sense of independence and earning my own money and my own keep. That's what it served. It gave me the strength to be able to deal with rejection, politics, hard work, and being introduced to pain and embracing what's uncomfortable.
John David Washington
Work
Politics
Hard Work
Strength
Me
Confidence
Money
Independence
Own
Sense
Pain
Rejection
Gave
Earning
Introduced
Embracing
Able
My Own
Uncomfortable
Football
Deal
Being
Hard
Helped
Keep
Served
Needed
There's some men and women out there that are doing their job the right way. They're protecting and serving complete strangers in their communities the right way. And it's a thankless job. Obviously, there's a lot of information out on cops not doing their jobs correctly, but the ones that are should be celebrated.
John David Washington
Women
Job
Men
Men And Women
Strangers
Complete
Way
Right Way
Correctly
Out
Jobs
Some
Some Men
Protecting
Obviously
Doing
Lot
Celebrated
Thankless
Information
Should
Communities
Right
Cops
Serving
Football is the ultimate team sport. You're dependent on 10 other people on the field to have success on a particular play to get to the common goal, which is the win. On a set, we need everybody doing their job and pulling their weight.
John David Washington
Success
You
People
Win
Job
Field
Other
Everybody
Football
Weight
Particular
Sport
Doing
Ultimate
Goal
Get
Common
Dependent
Common Goal
Which
Team
Team Sport
Play
Need
Set
Pulling
I went to private school, but I've got family from North Carolina.
John David Washington
Family
School
Carolina
Got
Private
Private School
North
North Carolina
Of course I've felt racism.
John David Washington
Racism
Course
Felt
Oh, talking about private school, man, I had cornrows, and when I picked 'em out, certain people that didn't look like me always wanted to touch 'em. One time, I just said, 'Yo, hell no.'
John David Washington
Time
Me
Man
People
School
Hell
Out
One Time
About
Touch
Had
Picked
Like
Look
Talking
Said
Always
Private
Private School
Oh
Just
Wanted
Certain
I went to a historically black college.
John David Washington
Black
College
Historically
This is a privilege, what we get to do. To be able to tell stories. It's a luxury. So I have a business-like approach to it, the same way I had with football.
John David Washington
Luxury
Approach
Way
Tell
Able
Had
Football
Privilege
Get
Same
Stories
Hate is a problem.
John David Washington
Hate
Problem
My father taught me how to hunt.
John David Washington
Me
Father
Hunt
How
Taught
I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn't have their father's support. If I were to complain, that would be real sad. How dare I?
John David Washington
Sad
People
Father
Active
Complain
Fathers
Dare
Out
Would
Would-Be
Be Real
Never
Had
Knew
Support
How
Real
Were
Who
Present
I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.
John David Washington
Kind
Find
Talent
Know
Around
Still
Trying
Want
Actor
I've gotten rejected hundreds of times.
John David Washington
Hundreds
Gotten
Times
Rejected
My mother is very positive and encouraging and nurturing, as a mother should be. She's my auditioning partner. She says when it's not good enough; she says when I'm ready.
John David Washington
Positive
Good
Mother
Nurturing
Partner
Not Good Enough
Enough
Says
She
Ready
Auditioning
Encouraging
Very
Should
As my father started ascending in the business, people around me started to treat me different. Our lives changed. So that anxiety, that sort of resentment, I just funneled it through football.
John David Washington
Me
Business
People
Anxiety
Treat
Father
Changed
Our
Our Lives
Through
Football
Sort
Around
Just
Different
Ascending
Business People
Resentment
Lives
Started
They were very supportive parents in all my endeavors. They have very different approaches on how they give advice.
John David Washington
Parents
Advice
Approaches
Give
Supportive
How
Were
Very
Endeavors
Different
I got a lot of whoopings back in the day. I was a very curious kid.
John David Washington
Day
Back
Kid
Got
Lot
Very
Curious
There's men and women out there protecting and serving, doing it the right way, that aren't talked about.
John David Washington
Women
Men
Men And Women
Way
Right Way
Out
About
Protecting
Talked
Doing
Right
Serving
A Ryan Coogler film? I'm there for it.
John David Washington
Film
Spike Lee really gave us a platform, men and women of color.
John David Washington
Women
Men
Men And Women
Gave
Spike
Spike Lee
Color
Lee
Us
Really
Platform
Ask me trivia on 'Sex and the City,' and I will know it. I rewatch it every year. Samantha? Charlotte? Those are my girls.
John David Washington
Me
Will
Sex
Girl
Year
Every
Those
Sex And The City
City
Charlotte
Trivia
Know
Ask
If I can inspire one person to actually administer change, to want to inspire change, I will follow that person.
John David Washington
Change
Inspire
Will
Administer
Follow
Person
Want
Actually
A lot of NFL guys are misunderstood.
John David Washington
Guys
Misunderstood
Lot
I'll never forget watching my dad perform in a Shakespeare in the Park production of 'Richard III' in New York.
John David Washington
Shakespeare
Park
Never
Never Forget
Perform
New
Forget
York
New York
Richard
Production
Dad
Watching
I think, culturally, stories are important, whether it be cinema, whether it be by word of mouth - which I don't even know if we do anymore, as it all seems to be social media.
John David Washington
Cinema
Word
Social Media
Important
Mouth
Think
Seems
Know
Anymore
Stories
Whether
Which
Word-Of-Mouth
Social
Even
Media
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