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

I always think it's not what we know that's terrifying; it's what we don't know. That's sort of pervasive with everything in life.

We do what we have to so we can do what we want to.

I'm from around Tennessee. I ran away when I was 12 years old and I ain't never looked back.

I got on my knees and sort of communicated with the spirits. When I came out, I was in charge. I couldn't have acted that, I couldn't have written that.

Acting, it's not my life, my children and my family, that's life. I'll get up every morning, God willing, for that.

People tend to relax when they're off camera. That's when they should be working the hardest.