Denzel Washington doesn't want to be called a "Hollywood actor". The iconic actor sat down with CBS' Sunday Morning with his fellow Othello actor Jake Gyllenhaal to discuss their production of the Shakespeare play.

Denzel Washington sat down alongside co-star Jake Gyllenhaal to discuss Othello, where he asked what a 'Hollywood actor' is.

“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, New York, further explained that he sees himself as “a stage actor who does film.”