Denzel Washington revealed in a new interview that he doesn't consider himself a 'Hollywood actor' but rather a theater actor. Washington is currently starring in a new Broadway revival of Shakespeare's 'Othello,

“What’s the definition of a Hollywood actor?” Washington, 70, said on the Sunday, March 23, broadcast of CBS Sunday Morning. “Myself, I’m from Mount Vernon, so I’m a ‘Mount Vernon actor.’ I don’t know what ‘Hollywood’ means.” Washington, who hails from Mount Vernon, Virginia, further explained that he sees himself as “a stage actor who does film.”

Denzel Washington is an example of an actor who’s in the business not for the fame, but to continue showing audiences what he could do through each transformative performance. From his first IMDB credit in the made-for-TV movie Wilma,