Because I could throw so hard when I got to college, they made me a pitcher. If I had to it all over again, I would have stuck to playing in the outfield. I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence.

Baseball player. Yeah, that was my dream before acting, or alongside acting.

I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we’re in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth.

For me to bring a character to life, you've got to be able to find your own truth.

It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet.

You know, I dont play the race card a lot. Im half-black, half-white, and Im proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didnt raise me as a black man. She didnt raise me as a white guy.

Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter.