Denzel Washington

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

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

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.

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

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.