More - Denzel Washington Quotes

I really want my father's life to be portrayed honestly. I don't want people getting drawn into the theatre because they want to see the last scene where he's shot and killed.

Denzel Washington

 Life

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

Denzel Washington

 Mother

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.

Denzel Washington

 

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

Denzel Washington

 American Actor Luck

Spike really started me on this path many moons ago. Now, it really helps me do my job. [Improvising] helps me work.

Denzel Washington

 

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Denzel Washington

 American Actor

We just go. It's a shorthand. It's familiar.

Denzel Washington

 

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.

Denzel Washington

 

A film is just like a muffin. You make it. You put it on the table. One person might say, ''Oh, I don't like it'.' One might say it's the best muffin ever made. One might say it's an awful muffin. It's hard for me to say. It's for me to make the muffin.

Denzel Washington

 

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