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

Quote by Denzel Washington

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

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

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity....

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity....

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

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...

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not...

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not...

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.

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...

Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of...

Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of...

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 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 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...

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

Growing up I didn't watch movies.

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...

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.

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...

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.

I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post...

I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post...