Denzel Washington movie quotes

“What the fuck is wrong with all y'all? Selling drugs to each other, 'cause ya damn sure ain't selling them in Beverly Hills. Killing yourselves, and for what? Make ya feel like a man? Or does it make ya dick hard? Punk motherfuckers.”

Denzel Washington - Nick Styles

“You may be shocked by these words, but I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass and prayed to the same God with fellow Muslims whose eyes were blue, whose hair was blond and whose skin was the whitest of whites. And we are brothers, truly.”
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

“- Bookstore owner: You're the D&A !
- Nick Styles: Wrong! They fired me. As a private citizen I can kick anybody's ass I want to.”
Denzel Washington - Nick Styles

“- Nick Styles: You killed Farris, didn't you?
- Earl Talbot Blake: You killed my life.
- Nick Styles: So, now we're even, is that it?
- Earl Talbot Blake: We're not even close.”
Denzel Washington - Nick Styles
John Lithgow - Earl Talbot Blake

“Dear Lord, thank you for finally allowing me to rest. I'm so very tired, but I go now to my rest at peace. Knowing that I have done right with my time on this earth. I fought the good fight, I finished the race, I kept the faith.”
Denzel Washington - Eli

“- Alonzo: All right, when's the last time you did a felony stop?
- Jake: Uh, couple weeks ago?
- Alonzo: Good, you need practice.
- Jake: They look like college kids.
- Alonzo: They're gonna get their education today.”

Denzel Washington - Alonzo
Ethan Hawke - Jake

“The newspapers was goin' on and on about the city elections, like they was really gonna change somebody's life. But my life had already changed when I lost my job three weeks before.”
Denzel Washington - Easy Rawlins

“Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon-Where are you from? Originally.
Jim Baxter-The Valley. Where are you from? Originally.
Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon-Mississippi Valley. Alabama, Birmingham.
Jim Baxter-Well, here’s to being from somewhere.”
Denzel Washington - Joe 'Deke' Deacon
Rami Malek - Jim Baxter

“Jim Baxter-Something I got to know. How’s a guy with the best clearance rate in the department work fifteen years without a promotion?
Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon-Maybe I didn’t go to the right church.”
Denzel Washington - Joe 'Deke' Deacon
Rami Malek - Jim Baxter

You knew him, didn’t you? At least, he knew you. That’s why he did that to your face. You let him in. You thought, “Not my type, but maybe he could be a friend.” I mean, you can’t get enough of them. But then you had that one little feeling. You thought, “What if?” But you waved it away. Thought, “Ah, what the hell? Life’s too short.” And you... (continue)(continue reading)

Denzel Washington - Joe 'Deke' Deacon

“Jim Baxter-Things probably changed a lot since you left.
Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon-You still got to catch him, right?
Jim Baxter-Yeah.
Joe ‘Deke’ Deacon-Not that much has changed then.”
Denzel Washington - Joe 'Deke' Deacon
Rami Malek - Jim Baxter

“- Vivian Whitney: Roger, we're having chicken for dinner.
- Roger Porter: I just love chicken, ma'am.
- Vivian Whitney: I know you do.”
Susan Saint James - Vivian Whitney
Denzel Washington - Roger Porter

“- Susan Plummer: Robert, I’ve been thinking: Maybe you should go back, huh? It’s great, you helping all these random people and everything, but it’s not going to fill that hole in your heart. Go home, huh? Make peace with it. That’s what Vivienne would have wanted.
- Robert McCall: Oh, hey.
- Susan Plummer: Always a gentleman.
- Robert McCall:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Melissa Leo - Susan Plummer
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall

“- Vasquez: Where's your gun?
- Sam Chisolm: Man carries a gun, he tends to use it.”
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo - Vasquez
Denzel Washington - Chisolm

What you do, what you become, is not my concern. The world is full of so-called "men" like you, and, in a perfect world, anything we do comes with a price, but, this ain't a perfect world.
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall

“- Detective Richie Roberts: I want to know everyone you've met for the last twenty years. Everyone you sold to. Every cop you ever paid off. Every one who ever stole from you. Every one you remember.
- Frank Lucas: Oh, I remember them all. That's not the problem.
- Detective Richie Roberts: What is?
- Frank Lucas: The jails aren't big enough.”
Russell Crowe - Detective Richie Roberts
Denzel Washington - Frank Lucas

“- Troy Maxson: It's not easy for me to admit that I've been standing in the same place for eighteen years!
- Rose Maxson: Well, I've been standing with you! I gave eighteen years of my life to stand in the same spot as you!”
Denzel Washington - Troy Maxson
Viola Davis - Rose Maxson

- Dave York: Oh. Alright. Well, guess what. There is no sin. No virtue. It’s just shit people do. They trained us to kill people and risk our lives doing it. And then one day, you get a call saying they’re done with you. “Thank you for your service. Here’s a plaque”. You need a job? Good luck. You need medical insurance? See the VA. One day,... (continue)(continue reading)
Pedro Pascal - Dave York
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall

“- Jake: Why did you do this to me?
- Alonzo: Nobody told you to smoke that thing. You made the decision. Live with your decision. Ain't like I put a gun to your head.”

Ethan Hawke - Jake
Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“- Neighborhood Resident: I’ve seeing you carrying all these books around, I figured you for some kind of teacher.
- Robert McCall: I’m a high level paid former assassin.”
Ralph Ayala - Neighborhood Resident
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall

“- Detective Keith Frazier: What do you think he's going to do?
- Madeleiene White: Well, he's not gonna kill anyone.
- Detective Keith Frazier: How do you know?
- Madeleiene White: Because he's not a murderer.
- Detective Keith Frazier: How do you know? I got news for you. Most of the guys up in Sing Sing weren't murderers until they killed...” (continue)(continue reading)

Denzel Washington - Detective Keith Frazier
Jodie Foster - Madeleine White

“- Robert McCall: I thought you were retired.
- Susan Plummer: Oh, I am. Just like you’re dead.”
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall
Melissa Leo - Susan Plummer

“- Sam Rubinstein: How am I today? The same, only worse. Every day I know less.
- Robert McCall: Welcome to the club.”
Orson Bean - Sam Rubinstein
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall

“You got a dick. You do have a dick, don't you? Okay, the dick lines up straight like that right? To the right of it and to the left of it are pockets, right? In those pockets are money. Look in either one of 'em, pay the bill.”

Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“It takes talent to make money. It takes brains to keep money.”
Denzel Washington - Robert McCall