Denzel Washington Quotes

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

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 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.

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

Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.

I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you gotta get on your knees in the morning to find them. And while you’re down there thank God for grace and mercy and understanding. We all fall short of the glory, we all got plenty.

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.

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

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

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

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

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

Growing up I didn’t watch movies.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?