Denzel Washington

You measure success by how many times you fall down and keep getting up.

In order to achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.

I try to be a good father and husband, and that's the most important thing.

Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.

The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

I don't play roles. I play people.

Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you'll never see.

Every time I get the script, I ask myself: 'How am I going to make this different?'

You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed - by not worrying about it.

My faith helps me overcome such negative thoughts and supports my ability to move forward and to become a better person.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might be disassembling me.

The road to success is always under construction.

I think the worst thing that can happen to you is to be right.

To be a great actor, you have to be a great human being.

Life is not a spectator sport. If you're going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you're wasting your life.

Each one of us can make a difference, and if we all do, it will change the world.

You will never see a U-Haul behind a hearse.

What's the point of having it if you don't give it away?