Denzel Washington Quotes

I'm on a plane tonight. No partying tonight. I gotta hit it, I gotta do what I gotta do so I can do what I want to do. I gotta work. They call it show business.

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

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If there is a political message I don't know what it is. Don't rob a bank

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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.

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I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.

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

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We do what we have to do so we can do what we want to do.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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I actually sat out in the audience a few times with my mother.

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

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Growing up I didn't watch movies.

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Roberts, who starred opposite Washington in The Pelican Brief, ... the best actor of this generation, hands down.

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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.

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It's about one of the biggest and most notorious drug dealers in the history of America, Frank Lucas and a New York detective, Richie Roberts, who tracks him down.

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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.

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The hat kept the sun off of me but, to be honest, it's a handle. I worked the hat. We had one hat and one tie, by the way. I don't know if anyone knows this, but by the last scene in the movie at the restaurant, the hat is falling apart.

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

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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.

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

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I've worked with children all my life.

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Part of the reason I liked the idea of doing the film was that it was very wordy. I was getting good practice playing Brutus. So 'Inside Man' felt a bit like Shakespeare goes to the streets or something.

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