3 December 2020 Denzel Washington My faith helps me understand that circumstances don’t dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
3 December 2020 Denzel Washington If I am a cup maker, I’m interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 Denzel Washington 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.
3 December 2020 Denzel Washington I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.
3 December 2020 Denzel Washington My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don’t need another plaque.
3 December 2020 Denzel Washington My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back.
3 December 2020 Denzel Washington I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.