Quotes By Denzel Washington

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.

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.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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'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.