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If you take the time and put in the effort to write your own material and absolutely refuse to be denied the right to make your film it is difficult whatever colour you are.
Denzel Washington Quotes: If you take the time
For whatever reason, God has blessed me with the ability, put me in a position to make these leaps and bounds. I'm fulfilling my part of the bargain, which is to give back and be a positive influence on others.
Denzel Washington Quotes: For whatever reason, God has
What are you doing extra? That's what counts. That's when you're working hard - when you're going above and over what's expected of you" (102). - Tony Gonzalez, "The Giant Within
Denzel Washington Quotes: What are you doing extra?
I've worked with children all my life.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I've worked with children all
I'm not afraid to upset people. But I am not as upset because I understand what I'm up against.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I'm not afraid to upset
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: When I was a child
So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else (20).
Denzel Washington Quotes: So you never know who
Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not in front of it.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Where I think the most
Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Do what you have to
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I made a commitment to
At the end of the day, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about what you've done with those accomplishments. Its about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It about what you've given back (23).
Denzel Washington Quotes: At the end of the
I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I've been fortunate. I don't
A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?
Denzel Washington Quotes: A man once told me
The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.
Denzel Washington Quotes: The only reason I'm acting
Revenge is a meal best served cold.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Revenge is a meal best
Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Hate, hatred for yourself, for
Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Any good piece of material
I found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I found that nothing in
Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Dreams without goals, are just
I'm a parent. I think we're responsible for the problems that young people have. I believe that. I don't blame them for any of it. I blame us for what we haven't done as mothers and fathers, not sticking together as a unit.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I'm a parent. I think
That's what I tell young actors. "You don't have to compromise. Go do some theater and wait for an appropriate role."
Denzel Washington Quotes: That's what I tell young
You'll never see a U-Haul behind a hearse ... Now, I've been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can't take it with me, and neither can you. It's not how much you have but what you do with what you have,
Denzel Washington Quotes: You'll never see a U-Haul
As an actor, you're a color of paint on someone else's palette. But as a director, it's your canvas and you make the painting you want to make.
Denzel Washington Quotes: As an actor, you're a
I get nervous when a picture goes beyond two hours.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I get nervous when a
As an actor in the theater you're taught that you never play a bad guy. You have to love who you are. You can't say, "Oh, I'm a bad guy." How do you play that?
Denzel Washington Quotes: As an actor in the
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: If I am a cup
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: The time to worrying about
One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy.
Denzel Washington Quotes: One good thing about acting
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I think the bottom of
Years ago, even prior to 9/11, I did a movie called "The Siege." I did a lot of research with the FBI and the CIA. And I was amazed at that time (I guess we might all know it now) how little information they shared with each other. So after that, I'm not surprised by anything.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Years ago, even prior to
The poorest people are the sweetest people.
Denzel Washington Quotes: The poorest people are the
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I've worked in a factory.
If you want to be a warrior, you have to train.
Denzel Washington Quotes: If you want to be
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: My mother never gave up
Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Goals on the road to
I read a ton of scripts. I read a lot of scripts, and you read one, and first of all, you felt like you read it in 14 minutes, because you're turning the pages so fast you can't wait to see what's going to happen.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I read a ton of
My father was a minister for 50 years (with) Pentecostal Church of God in Christ. We prayed about everything, every day, then he always said, "Amen. God is love." I thought God is love was one word. Like "Godislove." And it took me a long time to learn what that really meant.
Denzel Washington Quotes: My father was a minister
Talent comes from God. If you have been given some, then value it, cultivate it, work and develop it.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Talent comes from God. If
Cats are too independent. They piss me off. They play when they want, and then they turn their back on you. Dogs, you throw the ball, and they bring it back, tongue hanging out, tail wagging. Cats are like "Not right now, too busy." Definitely a dog man. Except when it comes to cleaning up after them! Cats win that!
Denzel Washington Quotes: Cats are too independent. They
I just do what I feel and what I like. I don't necessarily censor or feel an obligation to have a particular moral standard - I'm willing to wallow in the mud, if necessary. It appears as if there seems to be a consistency in result, but maybe that has as much to do with the roles I choose as it does with how I play them. I do what pleases me.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I just do what I
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
Denzel Washington Quotes: My faith helps me understand
Put God first in everything you do.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Put God first in everything
I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I find interesting. It'd bother me more to be just pigeonholed into doing what people think is ethical or that's boring to me. I don't pick parts with that in mind, I just find interesting stories. If it's interesting to me, then I do it.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I'm selfish, I think. I
I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I don't concern myself with
I honestly believe, and I've said it many times, that the universal stems from the specific and I can't walk around with a performance and ask everyone how they feel about it, but if noble is an opinion that people have I'll accept that. I've been asked many times why I don't play bad guys, or heavies, and I would do it, absolutely, in a second, just haven't been offered any so ... if anybody has a script out there tonight I'm more than willing.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I honestly believe, and I've
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I wasn't allowed to go
The lessons I learned in Sunday School have kept me on track
Denzel Washington Quotes: The lessons I learned in
A wise woman knows the importance of speaking life into her man. If you love him; believe in him, encourage him and be his peace.
Denzel Washington Quotes: A wise woman knows the
We've all had some level of injustice, whether 20 years in prison, or 20 minutes sitting in your car waiting for a police officer to determine your future. Or even a few moments in an elevator with some woman clutching her purse thinking you're going to rob her ¾ regardless of celebrity, that has happened to me.
Denzel Washington Quotes: We've all had some level
Just stick with your kids. There's no set of rules on how to be a parent. No handbook. Just hang around your kids and ask them a lot of questions. You have to stay involved in your children's lives and monitor everything they're doing whether they like it or not. You're not in the job of making them like it. You're there to protect them in a world that can be troubling.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Just stick with your kids.
It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.
Denzel Washington Quotes: It's not what you know,
I always say the time to worry about flying is when you're on the ground. If you don't trust the captain, don't go.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I always say the time
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
Denzel Washington Quotes: My mother used to tell
When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!
Denzel Washington Quotes: When I did A Soldier's
Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Be careful what you ask
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Everybody has a job to
He taught us that everyone has a good story and the more of others you understand, the better your grasp of human nature, a gift given great weight in my family" (73). - Bill Clinton, "Paying Attention
Denzel Washington Quotes: He taught us that everyone
You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.
Denzel Washington Quotes: You pray for rain, you
Just because you are doing a lot more doesn't mean you are getting a lot done. Don't confuse movement with progress!
Denzel Washington Quotes: Just because you are doing
Growing up I didn't watch movies.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Growing up I didn't watch
Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Acting is just a way
We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.
Denzel Washington Quotes: We'll all retire from life
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Some said America took a
I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I played Othello, but I
I'm not in the loop; I don't know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I'm not in the loop;
I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I'm not a film buff.
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I'm very proud to be
The chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have. That's what's going to define you.
Denzel Washington Quotes: The chances you take, the
Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Do what you gotta do
Acting is like music and you improvise. It's like jazz, there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's not a plan. You practice to music and you just play it.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Acting is like music and
I think that if there can be considered racism it's to do with the lack of opportunities for writers and producers and the people behind the camera.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I think that if there
When people say "What do you want people to get from this movie?" I say, "Well, it depends on what they bring to it." I don't try to decide what people should get from it or why. I don't do a part for those kinds of reasons.
Denzel Washington Quotes: When people say
There's always got to be room for what you might call benign corruption. Nobody blames a man who steals food to feed his starving children, but on the other hand, somebody who picks up a badge and takes an oath to serve and protect; we do expect a certain level of essential honesty.
Denzel Washington Quotes: There's always got to be
The secret to a happy marriage? Do whatever your wife tells you. 'Yes, dear.' And breathe.
Denzel Washington Quotes: The secret to a happy
I believe in God. I don't fear man, I fear God.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I believe in God. I
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I had a lot of
Do what you got to do now, so you can do what you want to do later
Denzel Washington Quotes: Do what you got to
Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are
Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Put God first in everything
We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.
Denzel Washington Quotes: We do what we have
It is very important to transcend the places that hold us.
Denzel Washington Quotes: It is very important to
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Dakota Fanning is a child,
You will never see a U-Haul behind a hearse,
Denzel Washington Quotes: You will never see a
I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I've always seen it to
My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.
Denzel Washington Quotes: My ultimate life dream project
When you make a movie it's always interesting, because you end up in places you never would as a normal visitor or tourist.
Denzel Washington Quotes: When you make a movie
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I say luck is when
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.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Michelle Pfeiffer hasn't been finding
If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.
Denzel Washington Quotes: If you don't trust the
When we shot "Cry Freedom," I wasn't even allowed in South Africa. They told me I could come but I wasn't going to leave. I had heavy death threats at that time. So we shot in Zimbabwe.In 1995, I had the privilege and the honor to meet Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela the same day: I had breakfast with Desmond Tutu and lunch with Nelson Mandela. Then I had the good fortune to have Mr. Mandela actually come to my house in California.here's been a tremendous amount of change.
Denzel Washington Quotes: When we shot
Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Why do we close our
If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
Denzel Washington Quotes: If you don't fail, you're
To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?
Denzel Washington Quotes: To protect the sheep, you
True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already,
Denzel Washington Quotes: True desire in the heart
I have a new respect for filmmakers, that's for sure, 'cause it's not easy. If I'm allowed to, I'll be directing for the rest of my life. I love the process.
Denzel Washington Quotes: I have a new respect
The greatest lesson I've learned in life is "Who knows what's good or bad?" Things come along that you really want, and they turn out to be the worst thing in the world. And some of the worst tragedies that you can conceive turn out to be the best things, the exact medicine you need in that moment.
Denzel Washington Quotes: The greatest lesson I've learned
There are films that I don't like, and then someone will come up to me and say it's their favorite movie. The movies belong to the people. You make them and you put them out. For me, I love the process of making films. For me, my favorite film is always my next one.
Denzel Washington Quotes: There are films that I
So you never know who you are going to touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20) - Denzel Washington, "So that We Might Follow
Denzel Washington Quotes: So you never know who
Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.
Denzel Washington Quotes: Acting, it's not my life,
There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig
Denzel Washington Quotes: There is nothing good or
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