Denzel Washington Quotes

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

"I read the Bible every day."

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

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

"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."

"I think a role model is a mentor - someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them."

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"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 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."

"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."

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"The poorest people are the sweetest people."

"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."

"In Los Angeles, everyone is a star."

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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."