Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it.
Black 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.
I think that if there can be considered racism it's to do with the lack of opportunities for writers and producers and the people behind the camera.
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.
I've just directed a film called The Great Debaters, which is inspired by a true story about a young college debating team in the thirties and two of those people are still alive and we put them on tape on the film and I'm sure that will be added to the DVD, and to get the opportunity to do that is very cool.
I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood.
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