Quotes By Denzel Washington

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.

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.

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.

Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that's their gift.

It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at.

One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.

Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding a lot of work recently because she doesn't like what a woman her age is offered. That's a real double standard. You get Sean Connery, who gets older and older, still playing opposite young ladies, but it doesn't work the other way around.

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

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.

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.

My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.

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've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.

When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let's get that going.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

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.

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

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.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

I read the Bible every day.

I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.

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.

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.