Top 100 Denzel's Quotes: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Denzel's

#1. 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.

Derek Luke

#2. 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.

Denzel Washington

#3. 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.

Dean Cain

#4. When you make a movie it's always interesting, because you end up in places you never would as a normal visitor or tourist.

Denzel Washington

#5. Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo's sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey's angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.

John C. Maxwell

#6. 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.

Denzel Washington

#7. Well, we studied a lot of books and things like that. Denzel has a personal experience with it, not himself, that's his business-I won't get into that, but he knows a lot about it as well. So, we took some real life experiences that we both-I've been told that I have OCD.

Antoine Fuqua

#8. My mom graduated from the University of Michigan, which is a great school. Then she got her Master's from NYU. She wanted to be an actress, so when she graduated, she had a dream, and she started following it. She moved to New York and took acting classes with people like Denzel Washington.

Big Sean

#9. Our struggle has inspired oppressed people the world over, because if former slaves can make the most powerful nation face itself, there's a chance for everyone else. In a twist, our rage becomes hope for others.

Mychal Denzel Smith

#10. I read a ton of scripts. I read a lot of scripts, and you read one, and first of all, you felt like you read it in 14 minutes, because you're turning the pages so fast you can't wait to see what's going to happen.

Denzel Washington

#11. The nigger is America's greatest asset and its biggest fear

Mychal Denzel Smith

#12. 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.

Denzel Washington

#13. I would want to have Spider-Man's web slinging abilities. I always thought it'd be cool to swing around the city jumping off of buildings and free diving.

Denzel Whitaker

#14. That's the beauty of life, the uncertainty that we experience, literally, as we go about our day-to-day activities. We're not certain of anything, so fear comes up very often. Fear comes naturally.

Denzel Whitaker

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

Denzel Washington

#16. There's all kinds of depictions of black men. You have the Denzel Washingtons and the Will Smiths; that's wonderful, but that doesn't represent everyone. There's a Russell Crowe ... well, you know, there's a black Russell Crowe.

Michael Jai White

#17. 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.

Denzel Washington

#18. 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.

Denzel Washington

#19. 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.

Denzel Washington

#20. Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Denzel Washington

#21. I love expression and really connecting with people. As actors, we like to tell stories because they can influence or even change people's lives. It's so cerebral, you never know who you can affect out there.

Denzel Whitaker

#22. 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.

Denzel Washington

#23. I don't look back, no. Maybe when I'm older; people say, 'What's your favorite film?' I say, 'My next one.' I'm not interested in sitting around; I just don't, never have.

Denzel Washington

#24. I always think it's not what we know that's terrifying; it's what we don't know. That's sort of pervasive with everything in life.

Denzel Washington

#25. So the desire you have, that itch that you have to be whatever it is you want to be ... that itch, that desire for good is God's proof to you sent already to indicate that it's yours. You already have it. Claim it.

Denzel Washington

#26. Every punch that's thrown is mine. Every punch that's caught, I catch ...

Denzel Washington

#27. 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.

Denzel Washington

#28. Writing is a weapon and it's more powerful than a fist could ever be.

Denzel Washington

#29. You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse ... Now, I've been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can't take it with me, and neither can you. It's not how much you have but what you do with what you have,

Denzel Washington

#30. 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.

Denzel Washington

#31. There's a book called "The Sociopath Next Door." I thought most sociopaths were violent. In fact, they aren't. But almost all sociopaths want to win, no matter what.

Denzel Washington

#32. I like "Training Day" very much. Denzel Washington's performance was spectacular. I also like "The Godfather"and "Kill Bill." I love Tarantino's mind and I believe that "Kill Bill" describes very well his mind and thoughts.

Alfonso Herrera

#33. I want to meet Denzel Washington when I go to the Oscars. Every man wants to see Halle Berry in person. And, you know, Dolly Parton ... I wouldn't mind seeing Dolly Parton. She's from Tennessee, I'm from Tennessee.

Juicy J

#34. 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.

Derek Luke

#35. That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."

Denzel Washington

#36. Thank God in advance for what's already yours.

Denzel Washington

#37. Denzel Washington's career is an enormous luxury. Compare him to Wesley Snipes.

Alec Baldwin

#38. What's important is how you deal with fear. I face it head-on, but I'm not too proud to admit that I do get afraid sometimes.

Denzel Whitaker

#39. There's always got to be room for what you might call benign corruption. Nobody blames a man who steals food to feed his starving children, but on the other hand, somebody who picks up a badge and takes an oath to serve and protect; we do expect a certain level of essential honesty.

Denzel Washington

#40. Hate put me in prison. Love's gonna bust me out.

Denzel Washington

#41. We have all received our share of good fortune, so that's my definition of much. A single blessing is all the bounty in the world, and if you've been blessed at all you're meant to pass some of that on. You're meant to set a positive example. That's our responsibility (20).

Denzel Washington

#42. 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.

Denzel Washington

#43. Whether you know who Denzel Washington is or you don't, when he walks into the room, you're going to pay attention, because he's just such a powerful man.

Mila Kunis

#44. There's nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (210) - Bud Selig "Effort is Everything

Denzel Washington

#45. Meeting Oprah Winfrey, I cried like a baby. Meeting Steven Spielberg, I cried like a baby. Meeting Denzel Washington, I gushed like a crazy woman. If I don't get excited or star struck by someone I've been dying to meet, it's time to retire.

Octavia Spencer

#46. As an actor, I'm limited to re-in acting someone else's vision or portraying a fictitious character.

Denzel Whitaker

#47. A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, Oh, I don't like it. One might say it's the best muffin ever made. One might say it's an awful muffin. It's hard for me to say. It's for me to make the muffin.

Denzel Washington

#48. We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor and when you have an actor like Denzel action becomes drama.

Antoine Fuqua

#49. For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.

Denzel Washington

#50. True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already,

Denzel Washington

#51. I've always felt protected. That's the God's honest truth.

Denzel Washington

#52. 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."

Denzel Washington

#53. 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.

Denzel Washington

#54. The number one reason for the death of young actors' careers is people get so used to seeing them playing that one character that they can't accept them as anyone else.

Denzel Whitaker

#55. Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

Denzel Washington

#56. If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her

Denzel Washington

#57. I get nervous when a picture goes beyond two hours.

Denzel Washington

#58. In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

Denzel Washington

#59. I'm not interested in being a celebrity; I'm interested in being a better actor and a better director.

Denzel Washington

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

Denzel Washington

#61. In any profession it gets to be a grind.

Denzel Washington

#62. Raising the standard of the work, not complaining about somebody not voting.

Denzel Washington

#63. 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.

Denzel Washington

#64. Somedays I think I'm a rebel in my own mind but most of the times I'm a low-key, follow the rules type of guy.

Denzel Whitaker

#65. Growing up I didn't watch movies.

Denzel Washington

#66. If you don't fail, you're not even trying.

Denzel Washington

#67. I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

Denzel Washington

#68. 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.

Walter Mosley

#69. What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control

Denzel Washington

#70. 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.

Denzel Washington

#71. I try not to think about that [getting Oscar] ahead of time. You just try to do the best work you can, and then you get the movie out there, and we've been hearing good things. But you never know, you don't want to get too high, and you don't want to get too low.

Denzel Washington

#72. People have said to me for a long time, "Man you're funny." I say, "Well, I'm quick," but being funny on purpose, take after take - that's why I said for me it was new territory, and so by improvising something might come out that might be good. And it's film, so they can cut it if it isn't.

Denzel Washington

#73. 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!

Denzel Washington

#74. A part of me still says, 'Maybe, Denzel, you're supposed to preach. Maybe you're still compromising.' I've had an opportunity to play great men and, through their words, to preach. I take what talent I've been given seriously, and I want to use it for good.

Denzel Washington

#75. As a practice exercise, I'd usually just wear blindfolds around the house to allow my other senses to take me wherever I would like to go.

Denzel Whitaker

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

Denzel Washington

#77. Money doesn't buy happiness. Some people say it's a heck of a down payment, though.

Denzel Washington

#78. 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.

Denzel Washington

#79. The beauty of being an actor in a horror film is that you know what to expect and what's coming.

Denzel Whitaker

#80. At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back (23).

Denzel Washington

#81. There are films that I don't like, and then someone will come up to me and say it's their favorite movie. The movies belong to the people. You make them and you put them out. For me, I love the process of making films. For me, my favorite film is always my next one.

Denzel Washington

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

Denzel Washington

#83. Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the film made for me and to get as many people to see it as possible. And if I help that, then - I know I help that, let's put it that way. I do know that I help that. It is called show business.

Denzel Washington

#84. 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.

Denzel Washington

#85. What's a celebrity anyway? Paris Hilton's a celebrity. I'm just a working actor.

Denzel Washington

#86. I think that if there can be considered racism it's to do with the lack of opportunities for writers and producers and the people behind the camera.

Denzel Washington

#87. I love research and being educated. It's a great job being able to step into all kinds of professions and into other people's shoes.

Denzel Washington

#88. What are you doing extra? That's what counts. That's when you're working hard - when you're going above and over what's expected of you" (102). - Tony Gonzalez, "The Giant Within

Denzel Washington

#89. There's things that I can do as an actor that I couldn't do in any other form of life and I've got a strange personality. But film requires strange people, so I've got a nice comfy home.

Denzel Washington

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

Denzel Washington

#91. I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.

Denzel Washington

#92. I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.

Denzel Washington

#93. 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.

Denzel Washington

#94. The greatest lesson I've learned in life is "Who knows what's good or bad?" Things come along that you really want, and they turn out to be the worst thing in the world. And some of the worst tragedies that you can conceive turn out to be the best things, the exact medicine you need in that moment.

Denzel Washington