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.
Denzel has been that leading man, but it took him a while to get to Training Day and Hurricane Carter.
Denzel Washington has a great sense of humor. He did all those 'Nutty Professor' movies.
We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor and when you have an actor like Denzel action becomes drama.
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] just knows the actor. He knows the process, and you don't often get that.
I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.
Well, we studied a lot of books and things like that. Denzel has a personal experience with it, not himself, that's his business-I won't get into that, but he knows a lot about it as well. So, we took some real life experiences that we both-I've been told that I have OCD.
There's all kinds of depictions of black men. You have the Denzel Washingtons and the Will Smiths; that's wonderful, but that doesn't represent everyone. There's a Russell Crowe. . . well, you know, there's a black Russell Crowe.
I'm usually the guy who says, 'Bruce Willis and Denzel Washington in the Siege'!
I like "Training Day" very much. Denzel Washington's performance was spectacular. I also like "The Godfather"and "Kill Bill. " I love Tarantino's mind and I believe that "Kill Bill" describes very well his mind and thoughts.
Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.
I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.
You know, we don't look much alike, but Denzel Washington would make a great sports agent.
I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.
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.
