Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received three Golden Globe awards, a Tony Award, and two Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for the historical war drama film Gloryand Best Actor for his role as a corrupt cop in the crime thriller Training Day...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 December 1954
CityMount Vernon, NY
CountryUnited States of America
children honesty men
There's always got to be room for what you might call benign corruption. Nobody blames a man who steals food to feed his starving children, but on the other hand, somebody who picks up a badge and takes an oath to serve and protect; we do expect a certain level of essential honesty.
life success faith
Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.
sheep protect
To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?
believe men fear-god
I believe in God. I don't fear man, I fear God.
religious jobs war
Everybody has a job to do. There are people in Iraq on both sides of this war who do what they do for religious reasons, and they feel with God on their side. Some people are good at annihilating people. Maybe that's their gift.
powerful writing fists
Writing is a weapon and it’s more powerful than a fist could ever be.
lunch california zimbabwe
When we shot "Cry Freedom," I wasn't even allowed in South Africa. They told me I could come but I wasn't going to leave. I had heavy death threats at that time. So we shot in Zimbabwe.In 1995, I had the privilege and the honor to meet Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela the same day: I had breakfast with Desmond Tutu and lunch with Nelson Mandela. Then I had the good fortune to have Mr. Mandela actually come to my house in California.here's been a tremendous amount of change.
sight walk-by-faith walks
I walk by faith, not by sight.
hate people hatred
Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.
inspiring graduation fall
Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.
trying failing ifs
If you don't fail, you're not even trying.
philosophy yoga buddhism
I think that we all at some point are in search of something - a higher power, whatever you want to call it, the meaning of life. I know I was, especially at even my son's age in my 20s, and dabbling in Eastern philosophies and yoga and Buddhism and Christianity and Islam. I kind of touched them all, you know, just trying to figure out the meaning of life or if nothing else, figure myself out.
life success faith
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
medicine tragedy needs
The greatest lesson I've learned in life is "Who knows what's good or bad?" Things come along that you really want, and they turn out to be the worst thing in the world. And some of the worst tragedies that you can conceive turn out to be the best things, the exact medicine you need in that moment.