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.

Quote by Denzel Washington

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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...

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a...

I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a...

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

I've worked with children all my life.

I've worked with children all my life.

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and...

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and...

Family is life; acting is making a living.

Family is life; acting is making a living.

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly...

If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly...

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.

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

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

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 never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

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

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

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know...

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know...

I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

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.

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

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

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...

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...