Denzel Washington

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

Denzel Washington

I read the Bible every day.

Denzel Washington

I remember my mother and father arguing about light bulbs because my father thought he could save money by putting 25-watt bulbs instead of 60-watt bulbs and my mother was trying to explain to him that her children needed to learn to read so that they could go to college. He couldn’t see that.

Denzel Washington

I still have my unemployment books and I remember when I worked for the sanitation department and the post office.

Denzel Washington

I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

Denzel Washington

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.

Denzel Washington

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.

Denzel Washington

I think we’re fascinated by gangsters and that whole lifestyle and crossing the line. We get sort of stuck in our normal lives, if you will, and you want to be bigger than life and I think people somehow live through these sorts of characters.

Denzel Washington

I wasn’t allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it.

Denzel Washington

I’m not in the loop; I don’t know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.

Denzel Washington