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American - Actor Born: July 28, 1984

I hope people will see how harmful words are and how irresponsible we can be when saying the wrong things at the wrong time to certain people.

John David Washington

Hope Time People Words

I'm from the old school; hard work pays off.

John David Washington

Work Hard Work School Old School

Whenever you're feeling moments of discomfort, that means true change is happening for you.

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Change You Feeling True

Football helped me with confidence that I needed. It gave me a sense of independence and earning my own money and my own keep. That's what it served. It gave me the strength to be able to deal with rejection, politics, hard work, and being introduced to pain and embracing what's uncomfortable.

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Work Hard Work Strength Politics

Make America great - to me... it's inclusion. Everybody in America, let's do it together, no matter what color you are. You're American. Let's figure it out.

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Me You Together Great

Football players are creative when they're in the moment.

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Moment Football Creative Players

There's some men and women out there that are doing their job the right way. They're protecting and serving complete strangers in their communities the right way. And it's a thankless job. Obviously, there's a lot of information out on cops not doing their jobs correctly, but the ones that are should be celebrated.

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Women Men Job Way

It's a thankless job for police officers, period, but specifically for men and women of color protecting and serving.

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Women Men Police Job

My mother taught me how to love.

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Love Me Mother How

Football is the ultimate team sport. You're dependent on 10 other people on the field to have success on a particular play to get to the common goal, which is the win. On a set, we need everybody doing their job and pulling their weight.

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Success You People Football

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On a Spike Lee set, everybody seems to want to be there and is motivated to work in unison and do the best they can.

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Work Best Want Everybody

I went to private school, but I've got family from North Carolina.

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Family School Got Private School

Of course I've felt racism.

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Racism Felt Course

Oh, talking about private school, man, I had cornrows, and when I picked 'em out, certain people that didn't look like me always wanted to touch 'em. One time, I just said, 'Yo, hell no.'

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Me Time Man People

I went to bar mitzvahs as a kid. I had a lot of classmates who are Jewish.

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Classmates Who Bar Kid

I went to a historically black college.

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Black College Historically

I had family in Carolina who were very hood and talked differently in this sort of Southern cadence.

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Family Hood Who Very

This is a privilege, what we get to do. To be able to tell stories. It's a luxury. So I have a business-like approach to it, the same way I had with football.

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Football Way Luxury Privilege

Hate is a problem.

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My father taught me how to hunt.

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Me Father How Taught

I had a father who was active, present. There are people out there that never knew their fathers, didn't have their father's support. If I were to complain, that would be real sad. How dare I?

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Sad Father People Support

There are a lot of Washingtons that have played football. I could just blend in more and carve out my own name quietly.

John David Washington

Football Name My Own Own

Coming from a football background, when everybody is doing their job and operating on such a high level, it only motivates you to do the same.

John David Washington

You Football Job Doing

I want to be around people that are just as enthusiastic about the process and storytelling as I am.

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I Am People Process Want

I'm still trying to find the actor I want to be, but I know what kind of the talent I want to be around.

John David Washington

Talent Know Find Want

I wanna work with filmmakers that love, are enthusiastic about their process - about the process - about their process and the environment of inclusion and collaboration. I want the people to be able to trust me, and I wanna be able to trust them.

John David Washington

Love Work Me Trust

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