For Washington, it's all about the climb.(Spotlight) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: December 28, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: Douglas J. Rowe , Associated Press

"Clint Eastwood's my hero," Denzel Washington says. "That's the model. He's the guy."

At this stage of his career, the two-time Oscar-winner is most interested in going the actor-turned- director route, citing George Clooney, Sean Penn and Ben Affleck as other examples.

"There's a generation of us now that are moving in that direction."

He likes the idea of staying behind the camera rather than pulling double duty as filmmaker and performer as he did in his 2002 directorial debut, Antwone Fisher, and now The Great ...

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