Denzel Washington Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.”
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“The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.”
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“If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.”
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“We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.”
-- Denzel WashingtonSource : "Matthew Lillard on growing up". Interview with Sonia Saraiya, www.avclub.com. September 10, 2014.
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“A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?”
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“My father was a minister for 50 years (with) Pentecostal Church of God in Christ. We prayed about everything, every day, then he always said, "Amen. God is love." I thought God is love was one word. Like "Godislove." And it took me a long time to learn what that really meant.”
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“Some said America took a step forward electing a black president. In light of the unconstitutiona l expansion of powers, lack of transparency and fueling the fires of unrest that clearly hasn't been the case. Vote based on merits, not to fill a racial quota.”
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“Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.”
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“My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.”
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“Taking the money from drug operations and all that sort of stuff is something that goes past what most of us in society would expect a policeman should do. That temptation hits the police force at the same time as the temptation to take those drugs that are readily available hits the people on the streets.”
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“I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter.”
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“If you don't love your fellow man, women, person, then you don't have anything. If you don't treat your neighbor as you would want to be treated that to me is the fundamental message.”
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“I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.”
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“I'm a parent. I think we're responsible for the problems that young people have. I believe that. I don't blame them for any of it. I blame us for what we haven't done as mothers and fathers, not sticking together as a unit.”
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“Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.”
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“I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I find interesting. It'd bother me more to be just pigeonholed into doing what people think is ethical or that's boring to me. I don't pick parts with that in mind, I just find interesting stories. If it's interesting to me, then I do it.”
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“Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.”
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“Acting is like music and you improvise. It's like jazz, there's no rhyme or reason to it. It's not a plan. You practice to music and you just play it.”
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“You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of it.”
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“I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.”
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“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 WashingtonSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“There's things that I can do as an actor that I couldn't do in any other form of life and I've got a strange personality. But film requires strange people, so I've got a nice comfy home.”
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“My role 14 years ago in Richard III - that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it - they have all the fun!”
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“The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again.”
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“My ultimate life dream project is my kids. My family.”
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“For me, success is inner peace. That's a good day for me.”
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“I don't look back, no. Maybe when I'm older; people say, 'What's your favorite film?' I say, 'My next one.' I'm not interested in sitting around; I just don't, never have.”
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“I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you gotta get on your knees in the morning to find them. And while you're down there thank God for grace and mercy and understanding. We all fall short of the glory, we all got plenty,”
-- Denzel WashingtonSource : "Actor Denzel Washington Delivers Incredibly Passionate Speech About Faith, Hard Work and Life’s True Riches" by Billy Hallowell, www.theblaze.com. May 28, 2014.
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“Denzel Washington: I like the collaboration, I like seeing people do well, so I really plan to direct the rest of my days.”
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“I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy.”
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