Denzel Washington movie quotes

“Rose'll tell you. When I first met her, she ask me if I had gotten all that foolishness out of my system. I said: Baby, it's you and baseball, all what count to me. You hear me, Bono? And I meant it, too. She said: Which one come first? I said: Well, ain't no doubt it's baseball. But you stick and get old with me, and we'll both outlive this...” (continue)(continue reading)
Denzel Washington - Troy Maxson

“- Keith Frazier: You got a card, in case I need to call you?
- Madeleiene White: Please don't take this personally, but no. I don't think you can afford me.
- Keith Frazier: Well, don't take this personally, Miss White. Kiss my black ass, okay?
- Madeleiene White: Careful, Detective. My bite is much worse than my bark.”
Denzel Washington - Detective Keith Frazier
Jodie Foster - Madeleine White

“- Detective Bill Mitchell: You see, there's just you and one other woman that fit the physical description of the female suspect.
- Stevie: What's that?
- Detective Bill Mitchell: It's your height, your age, and... um...
- Detective Keith Frazier: Your cup size.
- Stevie: So, I violated section 34 Double-D? That's what you're telling me?”
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Detective Bill Mitchell
Kim Director - Stevie
Denzel Washington - Detective Keith Frazier

“- Preacher: The spirit is willing, but we are not killers.
- Sam Chisolm: No one is, until they're looking down the barrel of a gun.”
Mark Ashworth - Preacher
Denzel Washington - Chisolm

“You can be wrong a million times. You only gotta be right once.”
Denzel Washington - Doug Carlin

“Brothers and sisters, I am here to tell you that I charge the white man. I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on earth.”
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

“- Earl: You ever play Russian roulette? Thing is, most people put the gun to the temple. Well, that's just stupid. You blow a man's head off 'fore he's had a chance to tell you what you wanna know.
- Bobby: Mess up your suit, too.”
Bill Paxton - Earl
Denzel Washington - Bobby

“I don't care what nobody say. I'm the boss. You understand? I'm the boss around here. I do the only saying what counts.”

Denzel Washington - Troy Maxson

- Charlie Anderson: Remember, if they ask you anything about your drinking, it's totally acceptable to say "I don't recall".
- Whip Whitaker: Hey, don't tell me how to lie about my drinking, okay? I know how to lie about my drinking. I've been lying about my drinking my whole life.
Bruce Greenwood - Charlie Anderson
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“You know what normal is to me? I ain't see normal since I was 6 years old. Normal is seeing the police ride up to my house, dragging my 12 year old cousin out and tying him to a pole, shoving a shotgun in his mouth so hard they bust his teeth, then they bust two shotgun shells in his head, knocking it off. That's what normal is to me.”
Denzel Washington - Frank Lucas

“- Bartholomew Bogue: Chisolm. Do I know that name?
- Sam Chisolm: You should know it from your obituary.”
Peter Sarsgaard - Bartholomew Bogue
Denzel Washington - Chisolm

“- Joe Miller: [after being propositioned] What, you think I'm gay?
- Young Man in Pharmacy: [confused] Aren't you?
- Joe Miller: [irritated, looks down at his clothes] Do I look gay to you?
- Young Man in Pharmacy: [looks down at his clothes] Do I look gay to you?”
Denzel Washington - Joe Miller
Andre B. Blake - Young Man in Pharmacy

“- John Hobbes: What are we here for? What do we do?
- Jonesy: Bottom line Hobbes: we catch bad guys, that's our job.”
Denzel Washington - John Hobbes
John Goodman - Jonesy

“- Nat Serling: Did you want to become a medic?
- Monfriez: Wanted to hump a nurse once, does that count?”
Denzel Washington - Nat Serling
Lou Diamond Phillips - Monfriez

“- Eli: I was carrying and reading the book everyday, got so caught up in protecting it, I forgot to live by what I'd learnt from it
- Solara: And what's that?
- Eli: To do more for others than you do for yourself.”
Denzel Washington - Eli
Mila Kunis - Solara

“I don't recall that glorious document saying anything about all straight men are created equal. I believe it says all men are created equal.”

Denzel Washington - Joe Miller

“- Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: You will go to prison.
- Agent Frank Haddad: You know what happens to women in prison?
- Elise Kraft: Mmmmm... yummm!”
Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard
Tony Shalhoub - Frank Haddad
Annette Bening - Elise Kraft

“- Jake: [stepping into Alonzo's Monte Carlo for the first time] This car is not from the motor pool.
- Alonzo: It's not, sexy though, ain't it?
- Jake: So, where's the office? Back at division?
- Alonzo: You're in the office, baby.”
Ethan Hawke - Jake
Denzel Washington - Alonzo

“- Frank: There's a good chance the derailer won't work.
- Will: It's called a derailer, for Christ's sake! That's what they do!”
Denzel Washington - Frank
Chris Pine - Will

“- Oscar Galvin: Now you stop your pursuit or I will fire you!
- Frank: Fire... You already did.
- Oscar Galvin: Already did what?
- Frank: You've already fired me. I received my 90 day notice in the mail... 72 days ago.”
Kevin Dunn - Galvin
Denzel Washington - Frank

“- Walter Whitney: How much did you pay for this car?
- Roger Porter: 14 dollars and a record player.
- Walter Whitney: You were robbed!”
George Segal - Walter Whitney
Denzel Washington - Roger Porter

“You get that hatred out your heart, or you'll end up just another nigga, like your father.”

Denzel Washington - Jake Shuttlesworth

“- Deb: Did you ever love me?
- Bobby: I really meant to love you.”
Paula Patton - Deb
Denzel Washington - Bobby

“- Alonzo: What's wrong with street justice?
- Jake: Oh, what, so just let the animals wipe themselves out, right?
- Alonzo: God willing. Fuck 'em, and everybody that looks like 'em.”
Denzel Washington - Alonzo
Ethan Hawke - Jake

“Nothing like a little thirty knot crosswind to exercise that ol' sphincter muscle.”
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker