Quotes by Denzel Washington

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.

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

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.

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

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

Growing up I didn’t watch movies.

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.

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

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.