DENZEL WASHINGTON on his childhood - "my parents sent me in a different direction"

I did talk about my three closest friends and they did 15 to 25 one did 28 this and that I was the only one of the three that had a father in my life even though my parents were together but I still had a father who was a gentle man and a good example they didn't we can blame the system if we want but they didn't lock any of us up at 7:00 we were all doing enough to get locked up at 13 my parents sent me in another Direction they didn't have anybody to help them and they kept doing what they was doing