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“When you make a movie it's always interesting, because you end up in places you never would as a normal visitor or tourist.”

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Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington is a renowned actor celebrated for his versatility and profound performances. He has been honored with two Academy Awards for Best Actor for his performances in 'Glory' (1989) and 'Training Day' (2001). Washington has been active in the film industry since the early 1980s, earning recognition for roles in films such as 'Malcolm X' (1992) and 'Philadelphia' (1993). more

“People have a comic bent or an angularity to their thinking, and those are the people who make jokes. And it's usually people who were in an environment, when they were young, where jokes were at a premium, or at least considered important to a life. My parents always listened to the comedy radio shows, we went to the comedy movies, and my parents appreciated comedy. So kids listen and follow what their parents like.”

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Author:Carl Reiner

“I have been lucky that some critics joined the mob in loving something I've done, or in appreciating it. I've been lucky. But most of the critics don't like what the people like. I think they have a very strange job, and they are meant to criticize.”

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Author:Mel Brooks

“David Halberstam often wrote about the powerful, but his real sympathies lay with ordinary people. He was very uncomfortable with bigfoot Washington journalism - he thought it was lazy and self-serving.”

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Author:Jonathan Yardley

“David [Halberstam] kept on doing what he did because he loved it. One of the obituaries I read quoted him as saying that he did journalism for the same reason the great Julius Irving did basketball: He loved doing it even when he was having a bad day.”

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Author:Jonathan Yardley

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