Denzel Washington quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.

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.

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.

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.

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'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.

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

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Man gives you the award but God gives you the reward.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

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.