Denzel Washington movie quotes

“The criminals don't accept consequences. They kill somebody, somehow it's not their fault.”
Denzel Washington - John Hobbes

“- Hugh Lang: You gonna shoot me? Or can I come inside?
- Whip Whitaker: Yeah, come on inside. I'll shoot you inside.”
Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“- Solara: I want to come with you.
- Eli: No, you don't.
- Solara: I hate it here.
- Eli: Then change it.”
Mila Kunis - Solara
Denzel Washington - Eli

“- Frank Lucas: Let me ask you something. You think by putting me in jail, you're going to stop even one junkie from dying? Because you won't. If it isn't me, it'll be someone else. With me or without me, nothing's going to change.
- Detective Richie Roberts: Then that's the way it is.”
Denzel Washington - Frank Lucas
Russell Crowe - Detective Richie Roberts

“Dear Lord, thank you for giving me the strength and the conviction to complete the task you entrusted to me. Thank you for guiding me straight and true through the many obstacles in my path, and for keeping me resolute when all around seemed lost.”
Denzel Washington - Eli

“- Jake Shuttlesworth: What are you studying?
- Mary Shuttlesworth: Cells.
- Jake Shuttlesworth: Yeah, me too.”
Denzel Washington - Jake Shuttlesworth
Zelda Harris - Mary Shuttlesworth

“Maybe he's trying to share the responsibility of these murders with us. If we don't figure out the clues in time, the blood's on our hands. If we don't find the victim in time, we're as responsible for the murders as he is.”

Denzel Washington - Lincoln Rhyme

“- Eli: It's faith, it's faith. It's the flower of light in the field of darkness that's giving me the strength to carry on. You understand?
- Solara: Is that from your book?
- Eli: No, it's, uh, Johnny Cash, Live at Folsom Prison.”
Denzel Washington - Eli
Mila Kunis - Solara

“- Agent Pryzwarra: It's not your fault she dies.
- Doug Carlin: Well, that's one theory.”
Val Kilmer - Agent Pryzwarra
Denzel Washington - Doug Carlin

“- Ubu Pearl: I put a curse on you!
- Xavier Quinn: Believe me, I already got a curse on me.”
Esther Rolle - Ubu Pearl
Denzel Washington - Xavier Quinn

“Brace yourselves, I think you're about to witness a murder.”
Denzel Washington - Doug Carlin

“- Will: What'd you mean about being married once?
- Frank: Alice, my wife, she died of cancer. Four years ago.
- Will: I'm sorry.
- Frank: Me too. Me too. Every night, I'd come home from work, tell her about my day. Where I'd been, what I hauled, who annoyed me...”
Chris Pine - Will
Denzel Washington - Frank

“- Jesus Shuttlesworth: I hate my name. What kind of name is Jesus anyway?
- Jake Shuttlesworth: It's biblical.”
Ray Allen - Jesus Shuttlesworth
Denzel Washington - Jake Shuttlesworth

“- Gretta Milano: Do you believe in God?
- John Hobbes: Yeah, I mean, you know, I go to church every now and then. What I see in my line of work... faith's a little hard I sustain.”
Embeth Davidtz - Gretta Milano
Denzel Washington - John Hobbes

“- Jessup: I don't like coming to funerals of my own men.
- Bobby: Well then don't come. Don't come.”
Robert John Burke - Jessup
Denzel Washington - Bobby

“Whatever happened to your father doesn't mean it's gonna happen to you. You're a great cop. You'd make a terrific detective. It's a gift. Don't throw it away.”

Denzel Washington - Lincoln Rhyme

“Somebody got into our heads with big steel-toe boots, cable cutters and a chainsaw and they went to town. Neurons got exposed and circuits got rewired. Our brain cells got obliterated, Raymond.”
Denzel Washington - Ben Marco

- Malcolm X: My man!
- Fox: The word is "Excuse me," boy.
- Malcolm X: "Excuse me" don't shine my shoes, my man.

Denzel Washington - Malcolm X
Abdul Salaam El Razzac - Fox

“- General William Devereaux: The time has come for one man to suffer in order to save hundreds of lives.
- Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: One Man? What about two, huh? What about six? How about public executions?”

Bruce Willis - General William Devereaux
Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard

“- Hugh Lang: I'm trying to save your life!
- Whip Whitaker: What life?”
Don Cheadle - Hugh Lang
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“This is going to sound real stupid coming from a man in prison. But for the first time in my life, I'm free.”
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

That was a smirk, that's not a smile. A smirk is different. They both start with "S", but they're not the same.

Denzel Washington - John W. Creasy

“We had the best organization a black man's ever had. Niggers ruined it.”
Denzel Washington - Malcolm X

“Who ever heard of a bank robbers escaping on a plane with fifty hostages? You've seen Dog Day Afternoon! You're stalling! Why? I don't know.”
Denzel Washington - Detective Keith Frazier

“- Dr. Jerome Davenport: Are you hungry, sailor?
- Antwone Fisher: I could eat, sir.”
Denzel Washington - Dr. Jerome Davenport
Derek Luke - Antwone Fisher