And he talked about, you know, it's his job. Does it change what you take home with you, at night?ĭENZEL WASHINGTON: You know, I read a book years ago - "Cagney by Cagney," written by James Cagney. Terry asked him about that.ĭoes it affect you differently when you're off the set, if you're playing - you know, a drug kingpin who will willingly kill somebody if he thinks it's necessary versus, you know, a professor whose like, mission is training his students to be winning debaters? I mean, that's such two different kinds of personalities. Washington played the debating team coach and mentor, a contrast to some other characters he's played - like the corrupt cop in "Training Day," or the drug kingpin in "American Gangster" bad guys who are anything but role models. One of the members of that team was James Farmer Jr., who helped organize the Freedom Riders and co-founded CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality. Set in the early '30s, it's about a debating team at a small, African-American college in the segregated South, preparing to break the color line by taking on an Ivy League debating team. Terry interviewed Washington a few years back, after the release of "The Great Debaters," which he both directed and starred in. He's taken the Oscar home twice - for his starring role in "Malcolm X," and for his supporting role in "Cry Freedom." Denzel Washington earned a sixth Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of an airline pilot with substance abuse problems in the film "Flight," which is now out on DVD.
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