I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.

Quote by Denzel Washington

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In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly...

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly...

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

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

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity....

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity....

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and...

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and...

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a...

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a...

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I...

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I...

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I...

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I...

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.

Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.

Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.

I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post...

I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post...

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

Family is life; acting is making a living.

Family is life; acting is making a living.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of...

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of...

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

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