I try not to think about that [getting Oscar] ahead of time. You just try to do the best work you can, and then you get the movie out there, and we've been hearing good things. But you never know, you don't want to get too high, and you don't want to get too low.

I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.

In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself.

We'll all retire from life at some point. The great thing about acting is you don't necessarily have to retire.

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.

If 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.

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