I asked my mother I said, "You divorced my dad, how did you decide? She said, "I decided twelve years before he knew it." I was like wow; I'm learning something new every day.

Denzel Washington: I like the collaboration, I like seeing people do well, so I really plan to direct the rest of my days.

Revenge is a meal best served cold.

It's tricky with monologues, and I never like to use that word. Like I told the actors, you are talking to somebody; there is no such thing as a monologue.

In 2009, Scott Rudin sent me August's [Wilson] original screenplay [Fences] and asked me what I wanted to do with it. He wanted to know if I wanted to act in it, direct it or produce it. I said, "Well, let me read it first."

When you make a movie it's always interesting, because you end up in places you never would as a normal visitor or tourist.

I know, as an actor, I don't like sharing everything with the director. And it's fine if they don't with me.