Denzel Washington Tells His Daughter That She Has To Work Harder Because She Has Dark Skin
Denzel Washington said to the Hollywood Reporter that he told his daughter her dark skin could hold her back in the entertainment industry. His advice: work harder.
I tell my daughter — she’s at NYU — I say: “You’re black, you’re a
woman, and you’re dark-skinned at that. So you have to be a
triple/quadruple threat.” I said: “You gotta learn how to act. You gotta
learn how to dance, sing, move onstage.” That’s the only place, in my
humble opinion, you really learn how to act. I said: “Look at Viola
Davis. That’s who you want to be. Forget about the little pretty girls;
if you’re relying on that, when you hit 40, you’re out the door. You
better have some chops.”
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