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 WashingtonBe careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.
Denzel WashingtonBlack or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.
Denzel WashingtonIf I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
Denzel WashingtonI talked to my mother about it a lot. I asked her what it was like to grow up in New York and Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, and I asked her about a woman leaving her husband. I asked her about how she would feel about that woman, and my mother grew up in the Church Of God In Christ, and she told me that the woman might be isolated because the other women thought she might go and come after their husbands. That's how they thought then.
Denzel Washington