Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received three Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the historical war drama film Gloryand Best Actor for his role as a corrupt cop in the crime thriller Training Day...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 December 1954
CityMount Vernon, NY
CountryUnited States of America
grace firsts sticks
Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.
inspirational motivational acting
Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.
goal discipline achievement
Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.
drawn last life people portrayed scene shot theatre
I really want my father's life to be portrayed honestly. I don't want people getting drawn into the theatre because they want to see the last scene where he's shot and killed.
message political rob
If there is a political message I don't know what it is. Don't rob a bank?
acting family
Family is life; acting is making a living.
work
I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.
break
You can’t break me because you didn’t make me.
impact important example
So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20).
In any profession it gets to be a grind.
sure
We're not sure yet who will play my father,
happened love moment sharing
When they said my name, I said, 'There is no way I can go up here without sharing it with Rubin,' ... Everything that has happened with this film and this moment is about the love that has come from him.
bit felt goes good liked playing practice reason shakespeare streets
Part of the reason I liked the idea of doing the film was that it was very wordy. I was getting good practice playing Brutus. So 'Inside Man' felt a bit like Shakespeare goes to the streets or something.
audience few mother sat
I actually sat out in the audience a few times with my mother.