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

Quote by Denzel Washington

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

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

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

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what...

Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what...

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

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.

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

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

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...