Denzel Washington Quotes

I love working with the same people. When I find someone I love and that I like working with, I don't want to stop working with them.

I've got the best coaches in the world. I've got confidence in them, and they've got confidence in me.

I really trust Susan Stroman. I really think she knows what she's doing. I really trust Andrew Lippa and John August. I think they have proven themselves over and over again and know what to do, and they have the big picture in mind.

It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.

This was all very new to me and I did not want to ruin his film! So we worked hard on that basis of confidence that is needed to collaborate comfortably.

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone.

From that first meeting, I totally loved working with Joey, it was a real collaboration.

I'd work with Danny Boyle every day of the week. No matter what he was doing I would do that.

As long as you're getting along, it's nice to work with someone you know well.

I fully trust Abbas-Mustan. We have worked together in the past, so I have full faith in them.

I suppose there are many, but I cannot imagine ever having a more perfect collaboration than that which Penn-san and I shared. It was based upon mutual trust, respect, and a desire to have our own work pushed to new places. And it always resulted in delight.

It's always nice working with friends. And if you have a director that you've worked with before, you don't have to go through that first learning thing. There's an element of trust there.

I have a great relationship with everyone at Lucasfilm and with Kiri Hart.

No matter what you're doing, whether you have a business with someone, a band with someone, when you feel confident that your idea is going to be embraced, and even if it isn't, that everyone is going to work on it as hard as they can, then that's a great thing.

You gotta trust a person to work with 'em.

Marc Frydman and I are overwhelmed by the confidence Touchstone Television has shown in us, and we're thrilled to continue trying to knock 'em out of the park.

Either we're a team or we aren't. Either you trust me or you don't.

The team that trusts-their leader and each other-is more likely to be successful.

I knew I was in good hands [with Didier Dubot] and we could accomplish whatever I had in mind.

I feel like I've had a strong relationship with Robert [Kraft] and his family since I was here in 1996 and I think it's gotten stronger every year that I've been here with the Patriots. The more things we do together, talk about together, work together on, the closer we become and the more we rely on each other. I feel like our relationship is very close and continues to grow closer every year as we grow older together.

No matter what you're doing, if you're trying to make a movie, you need to be working with people that are really good and who make you better.

I feel like that's a way people can change the way music is - to be guided by someone they believe in and trust. Larson and I really believed in each other. It was like brother/sister, father/daughter, we were laughing and yelling, that's how it is when you make an album! Essentially the trust was there and I got something great.

It's true that I don't think I'd be a good director. If I were a director, I'd try to hire the best people I could and then leave them alone. I don't know much about cameras or lighting, so I'd make sure that I had a really good cameraman who understood lenses and lighting, and I say to him, "This is the scene we have to shoot and this is what I think it should be, you go do it." Same with actors. But really, very good directors who know everything do basically the same thing. They hire you and then they leave you alone.

The oldest pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub - he doesn't try to do it all himself.

It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're capable of.