Denzel Quotes

Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name.

You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.

Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter.

Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court.

I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.

I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors.

A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... John Wayne and Errol Flynn and, you know, Denzel Washington... people who are different, who are larger than life.

Denzel's quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. That's what he does and that's what he taught me to do.

I worked with the same trainer that worked with Denzel Washington in THe Hurricane. It was three months of training, five days a week, 4 to 5 hours a day. This was followed by a month of choreography.

I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

Mix one part Denzel Washington and two parts Eva Mendes and you have a nice hot cocktail.