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
baseball running fall
Fall forward. Here's what I mean: Reggie Jackson struck out 2,600 times in his career - the most in the history of baseball. But you don't hear about the strikeouts. People remember the home runs. Fall forward. Thomas Edison conducted 1,000 failed experiments. Did you know that? I didn't either - because number 1,001 was the light bulb. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.
rain mud praying
Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.
thank-god
Thank God in advance for what's already yours.
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.
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).
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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.
message political rob
If there is a political message I don't know what it is. Don't rob a bank?
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.