Denzel Washington was recently asked about the difficulty of film making, but brought the other actors and directors sitting at the table back down to earth with some real talk about how difficult it is to be a soldier, or the parent of one, as opposed to being an actor in a fiction film.
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Denzel keeps it real: film making versus real soldiers
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Jack served as a Sniper and Team Leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion and as a Senior Weapons Sergeant on a Military Free Fall team in 5th Special Forces Group. Having left the military in 2010, he graduated from Columbia with a BA in political science. Murphy is the author of Reflexive Fire, Target Deck, Direct Action, and Gray Matter Splatter. His memoir, "Murphy's Law" is due for a 2019 release and can be pre-ordered now.
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