"I'm from around Tennessee. I ran away..." - Quote by Denzel Washington
I'm from around Tennessee. I ran away when I was 12 years old and I ain't never looked back.
More by Denzel Washington
“When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!”
“What we did [shooting "Fences"] was we got young students from Carnegie Mellon, the acting and theater students, and we had them as our understudies. I told them, "You have to be off book and be ready. If Viola [Davis] has to leave you have to jump in."”
“In any profession it gets to be a grind.”
More on Independence
“I've always believed that parents are not for leaning upon, but rather exist to make leaning unnecessary.”
“The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.”
“No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.”