Mu kiganiro aherutse kugirana n’itangazamakuru, Washington yaragize ati: “Nabaye muri sinema igihe kirekire, kandi sinshaka guta igihe cyanjye mpangayikishwa n’ibihembo, nishimiye cyane akazi nakoze kuri kandi ibyo ibyishimo byanjye, kuko sinshimishwa no guhabwa no gutwara ibihembo cyangwa ngo mpabwe ibihembo.”
Washington, umwe mu bakinnyi bazwi cyane muri Hollywood kandi bakoze ibigwi, kuko yatsindiye Oscari ebyiri muri 2001 no mu 1989.
