Denzel Washington Quotes

I’ve worked with children all my life.

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.

Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and fueling the fires of unrest that clearly hasn’t been the case. Vote based on merits, not to fill a racial quota.

Growing up I didn’t watch movies.

Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

I read the Bible every day.

Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.

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

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

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

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.

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

I like talking. I like acting.

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