WHITFIELD: People still call him Dr. Burke from the hit TV show "Grey's Anatomy." Actor, Isaiah Washington tells me face-to-face four years after his controversial departure from "Grey's" that was one of the most powerful roles he's ever played. He left the show after a highly publicized war of words. An argument Washington maintains it was taken out of context. In his book, "A Man from Another Land," Washington explains briefly that seismic speed bump was not career ending. Instead, it shifted his focus.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You be the one to tell Hershey's going to be a widow.</s>WHITFIELD: So it was never about you calling T.R. Knight the "f" word in reference to his sexual orientation.</s>ISAIAH WASHINGTON, ACTOR: Never. Never. It's about people who have agendas. It's about the people who are insecure. It's about people listening with filtered ears. It's about people who want to hear what they wanted to hear. You know, with all the words that was said at that time, I probably have a lot of women organizations coming at me, too.</s>WHITFIELD: You feel like you've recovered? You are back in that point in your career where you were?</s>WASHINGTON: I don't think about it. You have to remember, I became an actor to change the world, to change a perception what I thought was negative for an African-American male. In the last four years, I get offers on Facebook. I don't have a manager, a PR person, an agent --</s>WHITFIELD: Because you let them go.</s>WASHINGTON: I let them all go.</s>WHITFIELD: However, Isaiah Washington remains busy. He continues his book tour promoting "A Man from Another Land," and over the last few months, Washington has produced two movies and one documentary. And you also see him on the big screen soon in the movie called "The Suspect" and "Area Q" and coming up at 4:00 Eastern today, Isaiah Washington face-to-face on his favorite movie roles dating back to the 1990s.
Actor Reflects on Offensive Remark