Denzel Quotes

• A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... John Wayne and Errol Flynn and, you know, Denzel Washington... people who are different, who are larger than life.

  Walter Mosley

  Hero, People, Different

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• I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

  Norman Jewison

  Winning, Actors, Hurricanes

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• Mix one part Denzel Washington and two parts Eva Mendes and you have a nice hot cocktail.

  Dean Cain

  Nice, Two, Hot

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.

  Leigh Steinberg

  Sports, Looks, Agents

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• I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors.

  Wentworth Miller

  White, Trying, Males

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• Denzel's quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. That's what he does and that's what he taught me to do.

  Derek Luke

  Believe, Thinking, Quality

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that's what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

  Derek Luke

  Confidence, Honest, Performances

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.

  Julia Roberts

  Actors, World, Oscars

  "It smells like... victory" by Joe Neumaier, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2002.

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

  Shemar Moore

  Men, Training, Hurricanes

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I worked with the same trainer that worked with Denzel Washington in THe Hurricane. It was three months of training, five days a week, 4 to 5 hours a day. This was followed by a month of choreography.

  Wentworth Miller

  Training, Three, Months

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• Watch me when people say deaf and dumb, or deaf mute, and I give them a look like you might get if you called Denzel Washington the wrong name.

  Marlee Matlin

  Stupid, Names, People

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• I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.

  Albert Brooks

  Coats, Fans, Stories

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

  Denzel Washington

  People, Collaboration, Plans

  Source: movieweb.com

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• An ideal movie would be, like - to get this to happen, I have to work so much harder - but imagine Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy... Who else? Donald Faison. Directed by Steven Spielberg. That would be awesome.

  Donald Faison

  Would Be, Imagine, Jamie

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• Denzel Washington's career is an enormous luxury. Compare him to Wesley Snipes.

  Alec Baldwin

  Careers, Luxury, Enormous

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• I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.

  Derek Luke

  Auditions, Sony

  "Derek Luke: 'I was molested, and I have my own personal fight'". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. December 19, 2002.

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• Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.

  Derek Luke

  Real, Better Person, Made

  "Derek Luke: 'I was molested, and I have my own personal fight'". CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. December 19, 2002.

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• The movie, 'Remember the Titans,' is my favorite movie, staring Denzel Washington. I love the way in this movie the game of football brings those boys together, it unites those boys on that football field. It unites a whole town, black, white, old, young, rich and poor.

  Michael Irvin

  Football, Boys, Games

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• Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.

  Dayo Okeniyi

  Looks, Look Up

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• My favorite newer movie is "Training Day." Denzel Washington is, to me, one of the greatest actors ever. The way he gets into those roles is ridiculous.

  Virgil Green

  Training, Roles, Actors

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• When most actors finally get to L.A., I think they expect to be the next Will Smith or Denzel Washington and that's not the case.

  Andrea Hall

  Thinking, Actors, Next

  Source: lasentinel.net

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• Denzel [Washington] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.

  Viola Davis

  Actors, Process, Knows

  Source: shadowandact.com

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• Obviously, ["Fences"] is a character-driven piece in every sense of the word, and Denzel [Washington] knows the actor. He gave us two weeks of rehearsal. He is a truth teller, and he is a truth seer. So he knows when something is not going in the right direction, and he will call you on it. But, he knows the word to use to unlock whatever is blocking you. So I think he's fabulous and he's a teacher.

  Viola Davis

  Teacher, Block, Character

  Source: shadowandact.com

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• When Denzel [Washington] first called me on the phone after we'd just done a reading of the film ["Fences"]. He said, "Oh Viola it was so good, wasn't it?! I'm gonna tell Russell [Hornsby] to lose a little bit of weight and..." I was just sitting there thinking, why is he calling me? And I told him, "Denzel don't you tell me to lose weight!" He said, "I'm not telling you to lose weight! I can't believe you would say that."

  Viola Davis

  Reading, Believe, Thinking

  Source: shadowandact.com

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• [Denzel Washington] was rustling with something and when he came back it was with a word about loving myself and the body that I'm in because I was still going on and on about the weight thing. I just liked that, because what people don't understand is that so much of what blocks us as actors is so personal.

  Viola Davis

  Block, People, Actors

  Source: shadowandact.com

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