Denzel Washington Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Denzel Washington on Wise Famous Quotes.
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.
When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things
I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.
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.
When you make a movie it's always interesting, because you end up in places you never would as a normal visitor or tourist.
I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.
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.
When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put a few dents in that shiny armor.
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!
I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.
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.
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.
We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.
To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?
Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.
That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."
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.
So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else (20).
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.
The chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have. That's what's going to define you.
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."
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.
I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.
I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director.
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.
True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already,
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.
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.
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.
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.
When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!