Top 11 Isaiah Washington Quotes

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I'm a human being first and foremost, and I have someth

I’m a human being first and foremost, and I have something to say that I think is worthwhile. ‘Blue Caprice’ is just the second installment of so much more coming.
Isaiah Washington
I didn’t know what gay was until I lived in New York for 10 years. You know, I was just underexposed in that regard.
Isaiah Washington
I’m proud to say that I was that guy playing the character of Dr. Burke on ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’
Isaiah Washington
I only became an actor to get your attention, to challenge the archetype of an African American male; I can’t be anything else in this lifetime than an African American man.
Isaiah Washington
I am not homophobic – in no way, shape or form.
Isaiah Washington
It’s, like, bigots want to embrace me, and I politely take their arms from around my neck. I don’t share their views – never have.
Isaiah Washington
Even if I’m playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting.
Isaiah Washington
Not just art for art’s sake, but I want to have films out there that will provoke authentic, holistic conversations about the human condition. And not provide the easy answers, but put it out there.
Isaiah Washington
The whole time I was on ‘Grey’s,’ I’m still reconciling myself to my 11-year-old son, because he never saw me during that time. By the time he got up, he’d see a dent in his pillow, but by the time I got home, he was already asleep. So for three years, he had a daddy that he never saw because I had to work.
Isaiah Washington
I’ve been so incredibly blessed. I’ve worked with some of the greatest professionals in town. I stood at the Golden Globes.
Isaiah Washington
Not only our political system is broken, but how we do business and have public discourse with one another. The system in Hollywood, specifically, is not depicting people of color; we’re not even talking about Asian Americans or Latino Americans; we’re not even getting into that question.
Isaiah Washington