If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her.

Quote by Denzel Washington

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When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I...

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I...

I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when...

I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when...

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

Family is life; acting is making a living.

Family is life; acting is making a living.

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I...

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I...

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last...

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last...

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more...

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more...

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me...

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me...

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

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

I've worked with children all my life.

I've worked with children all my life.

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they...

My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they...

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a...

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a...

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for...

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for...

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour....

I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour....

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

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

The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up...

The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up...

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

In any profession it gets to be a grind.

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of...

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of...

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I...

My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I...