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Denzel Washington Rejects Being Labeled a ‘Hollywood Actor’ Who Does Broadway | Video
The Oscar winner's "Othello" revival with Jake Gyllenhaal just set the record as the highest-grossing week for a play The post Denzel Washington Rejects Being Labeled a ‘Hollywood Actor’ Who Does Broadway | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Denzel Washington is doing more than breaking box office records with his blockbuster Broadway outing with Jake Gyllenhaal — he’s setting the record straight on how he feels about being labeled a “Hollywood actor” who occasionally graces the New York stage.
“I’m a stage actor who does film, it’s not the other way around. I did stage first. I learned how to act on stage, not on film,” Washington declared to “CBS News Sunday Morning” host Bill Whitaker after the journalist pointed out the amount of “Hollywood actors” who have roles on Broadway this season. (Washington is co-leading Shakespearean tragedy “Othello,” which opened Sunday.)
Watch a clip from the interview below:
Denzel Washington, known for his Oscar-winning roles in “Glory” and “Training Day,” rejects being labeled a “Hollywood actor.”
He shares with @BillWhitakerCBS that while he does films, his roots are in stage acting: "The curtain goes up. And you're on, and nobody can help you." pic.twitter.com/q54aUTWZP9— CBS Sunday Morning 
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