American - Actor | August 3, 1963 -
The average person in Hollywood just assumes that if you're on a hit TV show, then that's the first thing you've ever done.
Isaiah Washington
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I'm proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on 'Grey's Anatomy.'
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I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can't be anything else in this lifetime than an African American man.
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Not only our political system is broken, but how we do business and have public discourse with one another. The system in Hollywood, specifically, is not depicting people of color; we're not even talking about Asian Americans or Latino Americans; we're not even getting into that question.
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It's, like, bigots want to embrace me, and I politely take their arms from around my neck. I don't share their views - never have.
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I've been so incredibly blessed. I've worked with some of the greatest professionals in town. I stood at the Golden Globes.
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Whatever I'm throwing out there in my work, you either catch that detail because you're ready to catch it, but if you're not, that's OK - you're still being entertained.
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I would still work with Mel Gibson! He's talented, man! Come on, he came up with 'Apocalypto,' man! I want to work with this guy. I've worked with Steven Seagal. He's out of his mind. I mean, I've worked with Spike Lee for four films. I've worked with some people that you can say are right there teetering between genius and madness.
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