As Washington acknowledged in an interview withGQ, there’s very little he regrets about his career.

Overall, though, he lives by the mantra, “Don’t aspire to make a living.

Aspire to make a difference.”

Denzel Washington smiles onstage at an event

One of his most famous, yet simultaneously underrated, films is primed for a resurgence thanks to Netflix.

Most Washington movies are safe bets but this one is particularly worthy of revisiting right now.

Denzel Washington stars in The Manchurian Candidate