Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big.

Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.

A part of me still says, 'Maybe, Denzel, you're supposed to preach. Maybe you're still compromising.' I've had an opportunity to play great men and, through their words, to preach. I take what talent I've been given seriously, and I want to use it for good.

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

I'm a logic monster, if things don't make sense I gotta make sense of them.

Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I don't even know how to describe.

I never tell anyone what to take away from a movie.