Everything is not black-and-white. I’m really interested in the gray area – not justifying it, not glorifying it, not condoning it, but at least having people see there’s a genesis for every event in our lives. There’s some divine order to it, whether it’s ugly or beautiful. Isaiah Washington Read Quote
I’ve written a book; I’ve become a better husband and father because I’m home every day. My connection to the Hollywood world has only been through Facebook. Isaiah Washington Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I didn’t know what gay was until I lived in New York for 10 years. You know, I was just underexposed in that regard. Isaiah Washington Read Quote
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. Isaiah Washington Read Quote
I’m no longer going to play thugs or debauched cops that I can’t possibly make complex characters. I’m bigger than that. I owe too much to too many good people at the Goodman, Arena and Playwrights Horizons. Isaiah Washington Read Quote
Not just art for art’s sake, but I want to have films out there that will provoke authentic, holistic conversations about the human condition. And not provide the easy answers, but put it out there. Isaiah Washington Read Quote
I’m a human being first and foremost, and I have something to say that I think is worthwhile. ‘Blue Caprice’ is just the second installment of so much more coming. Isaiah Washington Read Quote
