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I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.
— Denzel Washington
Bad guys need love too.
— Denzel Washington
I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
— Denzel Washington
I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.
— Denzel Washington
I always think it's not what we know that's terrifying; it's what we don't know. That's sort of pervasive with everything in life.
— Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.
— Dayo Okeniyi
You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.
— Leigh Steinberg
I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
— Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company.
— Pearl Cleage
Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.
— Denzel Washington
Directing for me is the ability to take the words from a page and share my vision with the world.
— Denzel Whitaker
Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.
— Denzel Washington
What's a celebrity anyway? Paris Hilton's a celebrity. I'm just a working actor.
— Denzel Washington
Got to be who you are in this world, no matter what.
— Denzel Washington
Raising the standard of the work, not complaining about somebody not voting.
— Denzel Washington
I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy.
— Denzel Washington
I believe in God. I don't fear man, I fear God.
— Denzel Washington
My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!
— Denzel Washington
I just try to be honest and true to the character and play the part.
— Denzel Washington
I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.
— Denzel Washington
The lessons I learned in Sunday School have kept me on track
— Denzel Washington
The poorest people are the sweetest people.
— Denzel Washington
Acting is like music and you improvise. It's like jazz, there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's not a plan. You practice to music and you just play it.
— Denzel Washington
Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.
— Denzel Washington
Thank God in advance for what's already yours.
— Denzel Washington
I've worked with children all my life.
— Denzel Washington
My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.
— Denzel Washington
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
— Denzel Washington
We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.
— Denzel Washington
Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.
— Denzel Washington
I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.
— Denzel Washington
Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.
— Denzel Washington
That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."
— Denzel Washington
If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.
— Denzel Washington
If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
— Denzel Washington
Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.
— Denzel Washington
I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.
— Norman Jewison
Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
— Denzel Washington
I actually don't hang out with any celebrities. My closest friends are old friends. And my real close friends, none of them are actors.
— Denzel Washington
You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.
— Denzel Washington
The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.
— Denzel Washington
I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.
— Denzel Washington
You will never see a U-Haul behind a hearse,
— Denzel Washington
It is very important to transcend the places that hold us.
— Denzel Washington
I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.
— Denzel Washington
I've always felt protected. That's the God's honest truth.
— Denzel Washington
I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.
— Albert Brooks
We live in a time when people give up too easy.
— Denzel Washington
My dream role would be to act with Denzel again!
— Nadine Velazquez
Life lends itself to fear.
— Denzel Whitaker
I think that if there can be considered racism it's to do with the lack of opportunities for writers and producers and the people behind the camera.
— Denzel Washington
Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.
— Denzel Washington
Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.
— Denzel Washington
I just want to be remembered as a great actor.
— Denzel Whitaker
The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.
— Denzel Washington
Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.
— Denzel Washington
I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.
— Denzel Washington
If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
— Denzel Washington
There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig
— Denzel Washington
In any profession it gets to be a grind.
— Denzel Washington
I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.
— Julia Roberts
Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.
— Derek Luke
A sociopath will do anything to win. Anything.
— Denzel Washington
I walk by faith, not by sight.
— Denzel Washington
You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
— Denzel Washington
We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.
— Denzel Washington
I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.
— Denzel Washington
I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.
— Denzel Washington
When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!
— Denzel Washington
You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.
— Denzel Washington
I like talking. I like acting.
— Denzel Washington
I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.
— Denzel Washington
The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.
— Denzel Washington
Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.
— Denzel Washington
My mother used to tell me: "You gotta smile more. Because if you don't smile, the way you look at people, they'll think you're mad at them."
— Denzel Washington
A wise woman knows the importance of speaking life into her man. If you love him; believe in him, encourage him and be his peace.
— Denzel Washington
I am not going to bury my son! My son is going to bury me!
— Denzel Washington
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
— Denzel Washington
Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.
— Denzel Washington
I love research and being educated. It's a great job being able to step into all kinds of professions and into other people's shoes.
— Denzel Washington
Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.
— Denzel Washington
My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.
— Denzel Washington
Mix one part Denzel Washington and two parts Eva Mendes and you have a nice hot cocktail.
— Dean Cain
I've secretly always wanted to be an astronaut.
— Denzel Whitaker
True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already,
— Denzel Washington
When I'm acting, I just want to be the character and not have to think of any film technicalities.
— Denzel Whitaker
Denzel Washington has a great sense of humor. He did all those 'Nutty Professor' movies.
— Seth MacFarlane
And as the rest of the world watches, we still try to learn how to see ourselves.
— Mychal Denzel Smith
I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.
— Denzel Washington
As an actor, you're a color of paint on someone else's palette. But as a director, it's your canvas and you make the painting you want to make.
— Denzel Washington
The beauty of being an actor in a horror film is that you know what to expect and what's coming.
— Denzel Whitaker
I've always been pretty patient so I usually don't mind waiting!
— Denzel Whitaker
Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.
— Denzel Washington
Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big.
— Denzel Washington
I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director.
— Denzel Washington
Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.
— Denzel Washington