"The trumpet was killin' her, just killin' her!" Denzel Washington's trumpet sessions - as he prepared to play Bleek Gilliam in 1990 movie Mo' Better Blues - were painful for his wife Pauletta, a former concert pianist.
"That hurt me so hard. That's my boy and that hurt me more than you know." Denzel Washington almost missed the weekend (13-14Oct12) premiere of his new movie Flight after watching his favourite New York Yankees star Derek Jeter break his ankle in the team's defeat against the Detroit Tigers.
"Sidney Poitier told me this years ago: 'If they see you for free all week, they won't pay to see you on the weekend, because they feel like they've seen you. If you walk by the magazine section in the supermarket and they've known you all their life, there's no mystery. They can't take the ride.' My professional work is being a better actor. I don't know how to be a celebrity." Denzel Washington on avoiding the pitfalls of fame.