Denzel Washington Quotes

When you're in front of the camera, for a small budget or a big budget movie, there's no difference.

I wanted the opportunity to work with Judy Davis and Simon Wincer.

There were certain films where I went, 'Oh, my God, I'm doing a movie.'

The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.

When I was doing the first 'American Pie' movie, I was just happy to have a job. We had a good time, and it was a great group of people, but like any project that I've worked on in my career, you just put your best foot forward, and you're all working together to make the best movie possible.

When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.

I am an entertainer. Cinema is entertainment. It is nothing more than that.

Definitely as an actor, the experience you have, at least I'm talking for me, my experience as an actor is you go to the set and know what you're going to do, know your lines, you rehearse, you do your scene, you go back home. As a producer, for the first time I saw the whole picture in a completely different way.

But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.

I love movie sets. It's another home for me. Movie theaters and movie sets - they're just the best places to be. I love them.

I've always loved movies since I was a kid. I loved how they could make me happy, sad, or just show me different parts of the world and people. So when I was about six, I decided that that was what I wanted to do: make movies.

I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.

If theatre paid as well as movies and TV, I'd do it all the time.

I was busy welcoming a new experience. I had never done a movie before.

I love the art of filmmaking very much in all aspects.

I am more comfortable on set than I am in my own home.

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

Eventually I'd love to be able to direct.

I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.

And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role.

Making movies is a dangerous job. Because you are always the one who stands at the center of the universe when making movies.

I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC.

I love making movies.

Writing studio movies is the best job in the world... it's awesome.