Denzel Washington on ‘Hollywood’
Denzel Washington shouldn’t be from “Hollywood”.
The actor isn’t thinking about being labeled a “Hollywood actor”—in truth, he doesn’t even consider himself that method.
“What’s the definition of a Hollywood actor? Myself, I’m from Mt. Vernon, so I’m a ‘Mt. Vernon actor,'” Washington quipped, referencing his New York hometown. “I don’t know what ‘Hollywood’ means.”
Washington, who has gained Academy Awards for Glory (1989) and Coaching Day (2001), went on to make clear that his roots are firmly planted on the stage.
“I’m a stage actor who does film; it’s not the other way around,” he defined.
“I did stage first. I learned how to act on stage, not on film.” Whereas he acknowledges the facility of cinema, he sees a elementary distinction in how the 2 mediums function.
“Movies are a filmmaker’s medium. You shoot it, and then you’re gone, and they cut together and add music and do all of that. Theater is an actor’s medium. The curtain goes up, nobody can help you.”
Washington is at present proving that stage performing continues to be his past love as he takes on the title position in Broadway’s new manufacturing of Othello, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal as Iago.
