"Success? I don't know what that word..." - Quote by Denzel Washington
Success? I don't know what that word means. I'm happy. But success, that goes back to what in somebody's eyes success means. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.
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“I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.”
“In any profession it gets to be a grind.”
“I just try to be honest and true to the character and play the part.”
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“I had been anxious and depressed for years and suddenly I was deeply at peace.”
“First of my own personal requirements is inner calm. This, I think, is an essential. One of the secrets of using your time well is to gain a certain ability to maintain peace within yourself so that much can go on around you and you can stay calm inside.”
“I don't have to hear that criticism, that idotic criticism anymore.”