"Even if I am in this industry, I have no friends-actors. My friends are old friends. One of them is a former musician, another restaurant owner, and the third former professional player. " When Washington asked why he did not communicate with his colleagues, the actor laughed loudly and answered: "Because I'm not friends! Perhaps I am not lysoblyud. Maybe I'm not a smoothie. I do not go to the party to get a job. And then, when you have children, friends who are parents. We are more interesting to train a baseball or basketball team. My wife and I were properly brought up. "
Washington added: "I do not want to have friends-stars. As an Afro-American, among us there were no big stars, with whom it was possible to communicate, in any case, not when I started. They were just third behind her back! For this reason, I have never been friends with white actors. "
(Later a representative of the actor did the clarification of Washington's statement: "I was on an interview. Part of the proposal was missed. After the words" I never friend with white actors, "he said the word" except ", and then listed: Tom Hanks, Mela Gibson, Julia Roberts, etc. They cut out the rest. ")
The two-time owner of Oscar also said that he feels not very comfortable with the thesis that he is famous. "I am a working actor! What is a celebrity at all? Paris Hilton - celebrity. I'm just a working actor. "