Quotes By Denzel Washington

The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then.

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.

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

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

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!

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.

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

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

I like talking. I like acting.

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.

Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.

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've worked with children all my life.

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.

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel.

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

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

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.