John David Washington Quotes

John David Washington

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 28, 1984

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

John David Washington

I got a lot of whoopings back in the day. I was a very curious kid.

John David Washington

My mother taught me how to love.

John David Washington

I love America.

John David Washington

I would tell people my dad was all the characters he's played in movies, because once you say he's a lawyer or something, they move on.

John David Washington

Spike Lee is a master of tone, so basically, if he wants to do something, he should do it, and Imma listen.

John David Washington

I've had the acting bug since I was, like, five. But growing up, I saw how people treated me differently when they knew who my father was, even the stuff I did on the field. Sometimes I'd rush for 100 yards, and the headline would be, 'Denzel's son runs for 100 yards.' That's where the suppression of that bug came from.

John David Washington

Reinaldo Marcus Green - I'm so blessed an honored to have worked with him.

John David Washington

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

John David Washington

I went to a historically black college.

John David Washington

I've loved acting since I can remember.

John David Washington

My mother is very positive and encouraging and nurturing, as a mother should be. She's my auditioning partner. She says when it's not good enough; she says when I'm ready.

John David Washington

As my father started ascending in the business, people around me started to treat me different. Our lives changed. So that anxiety, that sort of resentment, I just funneled it through football.

John David Washington

I felt a little anxious/nervous representing a real person in a Spike Lee film.

John David Washington

My father taught me how to hunt.

John David Washington

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.

John David Washington

I got a scholarship, so I was getting my independence and not paying for school. And then here comes the NFL. 'Now you got an opportunity to get drafted? Guess we'll do that.' I did, all right.

John David Washington

Football was the best route to obtain my independence.

John David Washington

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.

John David Washington

I was ignorant before I did my research of a lot of African American police officers out there who are doing their job and doing it the right way.

John David Washington