Denzel Washington Quotes - Page 9

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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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• [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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• That's where you can find things and modulate your performance and give the other actors something fresh to respond to. We've probably all worked with actors who when it's suddenly your close up, they get sleepy. I don't like that. It's selfish acting, and I won't tolerate it.

  Denzel Washington

  Selfish, Giving, Acting

  Source: shadowandact.com

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• I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.

  Denzel Washington

  Worry, Flying, Captains

  "Denzel Washington Talks Fleshing Out His Character, Reuniting with Antoine Fuqua, Filming in Boston, and More on the Set of THE EQUALIZER". Interview, collider.com. June 17, 2014.

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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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• Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.

  Denzel Washington

  Thinking, Sentimental, Dies

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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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• I didn't realise that Ridley Scott has never won an Academy Award.

  Denzel Washington

  Awards, Realising, Academy Awards

  Source: www.getfrank.co.nz

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• I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

  Denzel Washington

  Years, Exception To The Rule, Unemployed

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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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• Growing up I didn't watch movies.

  Denzel Washington

  Movie, Growing Up, Watches

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• Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.

  Denzel Washington

  Two, Lasts, Actresses

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• I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

  Denzel Washington

  Scripts, Pick Me, Fortunate

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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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• After directing the first film it feels kind of tricky being back to being in front of the camera, because I've always got one eye over there, kind of thinking of what they are doing, and how the shot is being composed. I think it takes a couple of films to just get back to just being an actor.

  Denzel Washington

  Couple, Eye, Thinking

  Source: www.getfrank.co.nz

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• I'll be working with Ridley's [Scott] brother, Tony, again, someone who needless to say we've had a great amount of success together. I trust him - so I won't have to think about it or I'll try not to.

  Denzel Washington

  Brother, Thinking, Trying

  Source: www.getfrank.co.nz

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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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• 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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• I am not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me!

  Denzel Washington

  Son, My Son

  "Fictional Character: John Q. Archibald". "John Q", www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• I've worked with children all my life.

  Denzel Washington

  Children

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

  Denzel Washington

  Play, Fence, Screens

  Source: www.theawesomemuse.com

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• There's racism everywhere.

  Denzel Washington

  Race, Racism

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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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• 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.

  Denzel Washington

  Life, Success, Faith

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