Denzel Washington Quotes - Page 9

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• By the way, sitting with other mommies is probably the most frightening experience in the entire world. They're serious into mommy-shaming.

  Denzel Washington

  Sitting, World, Way

  Source: www.bellanaija.com

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• [Black people] come into the world exactly like you. It's just that there are circumstances in the culture that are dictated and put on our lives that we have to fight against.

  Denzel Washington

  Fighting, People, Black

  Source: www.bellanaija.com

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• You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

  Denzel Washington

  Acting, Weird Things, Knows

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• Denzel Washington: I like the collaboration, I like seeing people do well, so I really plan to direct the rest of my days.

  Denzel Washington

  People, Collaboration, Denzel

  Source: movieweb.com

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• Come on, I know bad acting when I hear it.

  Denzel Washington

  Acting, Knows, Bad Acting

  Source: www.npr.org

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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.

  Denzel Washington

  Looks, Filmmaker, Approach

  Source: www.npr.org

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• [My father] could see as far as he could see and my mother wanted us to go to college so it was a very real part of my life.

  Denzel Washington

  Mother, Father, Real

  Source: shadowandact.com

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• You start to find a rhythm and usually if it makes me laugh or comment in the editing room then I knew that's what's going to happen in the audience. That first reaction is usually the right reaction.

  Denzel Washington

  Editing, Laughing, Rooms

  Source: shadowandact.com

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• In the movie I realized, I had the luxury of getting to see how the other person feels.

  Denzel Washington

  Luxury, Feels, I Realized

  Source: shadowandact.com

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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.

  Denzel Washington

  Causes, Easy, Process

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• [Having monologue] are talking to somebody even if it's just to yourself, convince yourself if that's what you're trying to do.

  Denzel Washington

  Talking, Trying, Monologues

  Source: shadowandact.com

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• I know, as an actor, I don't like sharing everything with the director. And it's fine if they don't with me.

  Denzel Washington

  Directors, Actors, Fine

  Source: www.npr.org

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• People tend to relax when they're off camera. That's when they should be working the hardest.

  Denzel Washington

  People, Relax, Cameras

  Source: shadowandact.com

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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

  Book, Play, Two

  Source: shadowandact.com

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• What's a celebrity anyway? Paris Hilton's a celebrity. I'm just a working actor.

  Denzel Washington

  Paris, Actors

  "Denzel Washington: 'I don't want movie-star friends'". Interview with Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. January 24, 2013.

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• Years ago, even prior to 9/11, I did a movie called "The Siege." I did a lot of research with the FBI and the CIA. And I was amazed at that time (I guess we might all know it now) how little information they shared with each other. So after that, I'm not surprised by anything.

  Denzel Washington

  Years, Research, Littles

  "Safe House: A Conversation With Denzel Washington". Interview with Prairie Miller, newsblaze.com. February 04, 2012.

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• It's strictly business. If I loan you $25 million, I want my money back. I don't want to hear about the social impact. That's great for you, but now I'm $25 million in the hole, so next time you come to ask me.

  Denzel Washington

  Impact, Want, Next

  Source: www.bellanaija.com

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• Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.

  Denzel Washington

  Children, Actors, Wonderful

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• I think we're fascinated by gangsters and that whole lifestyle and crossing the line. We get sort of stuck in our normal lives, if you will, and you want to be bigger than life and I think people somehow live through these sorts of characters.

  Denzel Washington

  Character, Thinking, People

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• There's racism everywhere.

  Denzel Washington

  Race, Racism

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• I've worked with children all my life.

  Denzel Washington

  Children

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• I think that if there can be considered racism it's to do with the lack of opportunities for writers and producers and the people behind the camera.

  Denzel Washington

  Opportunity, Thinking, Racism

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• [Fences] is just a great play to bring to the screen.

  Denzel Washington

  Play, Fence, Screens

  Source: www.theawesomemuse.com

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• I never tell anyone what to take away from a movie.

  Denzel Washington

  Source: www.theawesomemuse.com

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• In 2009, Scott Rudin sent me August's [Wilson] original screenplay [Fences] and asked me what I wanted to do with it. He wanted to know if I wanted to act in it, direct it or produce it. I said, "Well, let me read it first."

  Denzel Washington

  August, Firsts, Fence

  Source: shadowandact.com

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