"Ko da na kasance a wannan masana'antar, ba ni da 'yan wasan abokai. Abokai na tsofaffi ne. Ofayansu tsohon mawaƙa ne, wani gidan cin abinci, da kuma tsohon dan wasan kwararru. " Lokacin da Washington tambayi dalilin da yasa bai yi magana da abokan aikinsa ba, dan wasan kwaikwayon ya yi dariya sosai kuma ya amsa: "Saboda ba abokai bane! Zai yiwu ni ba Lyowsab ba ne. Wataƙila ba smoothie bane. Ba na zuwa wurin bikin don samun aiki. Kuma, lokacin da kuke da yara, abokai da ke iyaye. Mun fi ban sha'awa don horar da kwando ko ƙungiyar kwando. Matar ta kuma an kawo ni sosai. "
Washington ya kara da cewa: "Ba na son in sami abokai-taurari. A matsayin AFro-Ba'amurke, a cikinmu babu manyan taurari, wanda zai yiwu a sadarwa, a kowane yanayi, ba lokacin da na fara ba. Su uku ne a baya a baya! A saboda wannan dalili, ban taɓa zama abokai da masu fararen yara ba. "
(Daga baya wakilin ɗan wasan kwaikwayon Washington ya ce: "Na kasance a kan wata hira. Bayan kalmomin", sannan kuma Lissafin: Tom Hanks, Mela Gibson, Julia Roberts, da sauransu sun yanke sauran. ")
Maigidan shekaru biyu na Oscar ya kuma ce ya ji sosai da matukar dadi tare da labarin cewa ya shahara. "Ni mai aiki ne mai aiki! Menene shahararre kwata-kwata? Paris Hilton - Celebrity. Ni kawai dan wasan kwaikwayo ne. "