Go Ahead Quote Me

ACTOR DENZEL WASHINGTON
TELEVISION PERSONALITY OPRAH WINFREY
SINGER-ACTOR JAMIE FOXX

I turned down Seven... I thought the script was too demonic.

Then I saw the movie, and I was, like, 'Ah, I blew it.'

ACTOR DENZEL WASHINGTON on his regret of turning down a leading role in the 1995 movie Seven


I can go weeks and never turn on a television. I've gone a summer not having it on. No, my guilty pleasure is, I do nothing.

TELEVISION PERSONALITY OPRAH WINFREY on what she does during her downtime


The meekness. Everybody that we have interviewed are juggernauts. These are some of the greatest actors and actresses in the world and they were all humble.

SINGER-ACTOR JAMIE FOXX on the most surprising aspect when interviewing actors on his online talk show Off Script

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 25, 2018, with the headline Go Ahead Quote Me. Subscribe