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If you take the time and put ...

If you take the time and put in the effort to write your own material and absolutely refuse to be denied the right to make your film it is difficult whatever colour you are.

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

I even asked [Saniyya Sidney]...

I even asked [Saniyya Sidney] why she wanted to be an actor and she said, "I'm serious about this. These other little kids they want to play, and I don't have time for that."

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

We just had to stay out-of-th...

We just had to stay out-of-the-way [in Fences]. [August Wilson] already wrote a masterpiece. And you really don't know how it's going to work until you get it in front of an audience.

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

After directing the first fil...

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.

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That's where you can find thi...

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.

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I called Scott Rudin, and I t...

I called Scott Rudin, and I told him I wanted to do the play [Fences], so that's how the ball got rolling. I never said, "I'll do the play, and the next year I'll do the film, I just wanted to do the play."

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[Black people] come into the ...

[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 227 quotes

[Russel Crowe] has been throu...

[Russel Crowe] has been through a lot and had a lot of success. No one knew who he was when I worked with him 12 years ago. He's just come off a great film in Australia- Romper Stomper - and so it was good to see him again. Obviously, I'd seen him since.

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

I have a new respect for film...

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 227 quotes

Every punch that's thrown is ...

Every punch that's thrown is mine. Every punch that's caught, I catch.

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

I don't look back, no. Maybe ...

I don't look back, no. Maybe when I'm older; people say, 'What's your favorite film?' I say, 'My next one.' I'm not interested in sitting around; I just don't, never have.

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When you don't understand som...

When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

Raising the standard of the w...

Raising the standard of the work, not complaining about somebody not voting.

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

I asked my mother I said, "Yo...

I asked my mother I said, "You divorced my dad, how did you decide? She said, "I decided twelve years before he knew it." I was like wow; I'm learning something new every day.

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I didn't realise that Ridley ...

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

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

When you look in one directio...

When you look in one direction where Troy's chair was, you could see out through the yard across the street, there was an old cork bar advertisement for five cents. We wanted it to feel like this was real life [in Fences] and that it extended blocks and blocks.

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Fundamentally, the most impor...

Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the film made for me and to get as many people to see it as possible. And if I help that, then - I know I help that, let's put it that way. I do know that I help that. It is called show business.

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It just happened that we did ...

It just happened that we did [Fences] seven years ago on Broadway. Scott Rudin brought me August Wilson's original screenplay for it, and I realized I hadn't read the play. So I read it. Then I realized that Troy (my character) was 53 - and I was 55 at the time. I realized I better hurry up! I might be too old!

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I worked with Sidney Lumet ye...

I worked with Sidney Lumet years ago, and we had a long rehearsal process, and he would tape out the entire set on the stage, so I stole that from him.

Denzel Washington 227 quotes

We rehearsed for two weeks [i...

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.

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