Denzel Washington movie quotes

“- Agent Frank Haddad: I think we're all eager to give our weekends up on this, I know I am... but it just occurs to me, has any one committed a crime here? I mean, assault with a deadly color...?
- Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: Here's what I don't like: they know explosives. They know our response time. They put in a call and walk.”

Tony Shalhoub - Frank Haddad
Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard

“- Terry: We all believe in your innocence.
- Rubin Carter: I've been innocence for 16 years. That's how long I've been in here. Innocence is a highly over-rated commodity.”
John Hannah - Terry
Denzel Washington - Rubin Carter

“See you in my dreams.”

Denzel Washington - Hunter

“- Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: His father's a federal agent for ten years.
- Colonel Hardwick, Army Intelligence: Don't get in my face, Hubbard. I might decide you're an Ethiopian.
- Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: And you're just stupid enough to think that's an insult.”

Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard
Victor Slezak - Colonel Hardwick

“- Troy Maxson: Now you tell me who you ever heard of gonna pull their own teeth with a pair of rusty pliers?
- Jim Bono: They're old folks. My granddaddy used to pull his teeth with pliers. They ain't had no dentists for colored folk back then.
- Troy Maxson: Well, get clean pliers. You understand? Clean pliers.”
Denzel Washington - Troy Maxson
Stephen McKinley Henderson - Jim Bono

“You are a funny guy. Well-trained, but funny.”

Denzel Washington - Frank

“The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hardwork... family... never forgetting where we came from.”
Denzel Washington - Frank Lucas

“- Cory: Hey pa!
- Troy Maxson: Hmm?
- Cory: Can I ask you a question? ...How come you ain't never liked me?
- Troy Maxson: Like you? What law is there sayin' I got to like you?
- Cory: None.”
Jovan Adepo - Cory
Denzel Washington - Troy Maxson

“- Eva: You're Frank and this is your place?
- Frank Lucas: That's right. I'm Frank and this is my place.
- Eva: Why is it called Small's? Why don't you call it Frank's?
- Frank Lucas: When you own something, you can call it what you want.”
Lymari Nadal - Eva
Denzel Washington - Frank Lucas

“What if what they really want is for us to herd our children into stadiums like we're doing? And put soldiers on the street and have Americans looking over their shoulders? Bend the law, shred the Constitution just a little bit? Because if we torture him, General, we do that and everything we have fought, and bled, and died for is over. And...” (continue)(continue reading)

Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard

“Complete separation is the only solution to the black and white problem in this country!”
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

“All right, Mr. Death. I tell you what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna take and build me a fence around this yard, see? I'm gonna build me a fence around what belongs to me. And then I want you to stay on the other side.”
Denzel Washington - Troy Maxson

- Josh Faraday: Our paths cross again. To what do I owe the pleasure?
- Sam Chisolm: Took a job. Looking for some men to join me.
- Josh Faraday: Is there money in it?
[Emma Cullen tosses him a jingling bag]
- Josh Faraday: And who's she?
- Sam Chisolm: "Joan of Arc".
- Emma Cullen: My name's Emma Cullen. And this is my associate, Teddy Q.
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Chris Pratt - Josh Faraday
Denzel Washington - Chisolm
Haley Bennett - Emma Cullen

“Dear Lord, thank you for the friend I made. Please watch over her as you watched over me.”
Denzel Washington - Eli

“You killed 543 people. How do you feel about that? I think that you were a murderer right from the beginning.”

Denzel Washington - Doug Carlin

“Legs don't mean nothing. You don't do nothing but push 'em out of the way.”

Denzel Washington - Troy Maxson

“- Reporter: What about the guns, Malcolm?
- Malcolm X: Has the white man changed since I went away? Have you put up your guns? The day you stop being violent against my people will be the day I tell folks to put away their guns.”
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

“- Alonzo: Why do you wanna be a narc?
- Jake: I want to protect the streets by ridding it of dangerous drugs.
- Alonzo: Yeah, but why do you wanna be a narc?
- Jake: I wanna make detective.”
Denzel Washington - Alonzo
Ethan Hawke - Jake

“Like every hustler, I was trapped. Cats that hung out together trying to find a solution found nothing.”

Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

“- Jake: How much money was in that bag?
- Alonzo: 40 G's.
- Jake: What was that for?
- Alonzo: You really wanna know?
- Jake: Yeah. I asked, didn't I?
- Alonzo: Nothing's free in this world, Jake. Not even arrest warrants.
- Jake: Shit, I didn't wanna know.”

Ethan Hawke - Jake
Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“- Emma Cullen: He made them murder my husband, he will take everything we have.
- Sam Chisolm: So you seek revenge?
- Emma Cullen: I seek righteousness. But I'll take revenge.”
Haley Bennett - Emma Cullen
Denzel Washington - Chisolm

“Well, not a lot of guinea pigs volunteer to die in the name of science.”
Denzel Washington - Doug Carlin

“- Lupita Ramos: There are some good things in this world.
- John W. Creasy: Like what?
- Lupita Ramos: Like meeting me.”
Dakota Fanning - Lupita Ramos
Denzel Washington - John W. Creasy

“What we lost in the fire, we found in the ashes.”
Denzel Washington - Chisolm

“- Dr. Jerome Davenport: Where'd you spend your childhood?
- Antwone Fisher: Cleveland.
- Dr. Jerome Davenport: Parents still live there?
- Antwone Fisher: I never had any parents.
- Dr. Jerome Davenport: They deceased?
- Antwone Fisher: I never - I never had parents.
- Dr. Jerome Davenport: That would make you a medical miracle, Seaman Fisher....” (continue)(continue reading)
Denzel Washington - Dr. Jerome Davenport
Derek Luke - Antwone Fisher