72 Quotes by John David Washington

I'm from the old school; hard work pays off.

Whenever you're feeling moments of discomfort, that means true change is happening for you.

I hope people will see how harmful words are and how irresponsible we can be when saying the wrong things at the wrong time to certain people.

So many people - DPs, writers, and the assistants that go on to be directors and writers - come from the School of Spike Lee. He's almost set up an Institution of Spike Lee.

I was ignorant before I did my research of a lot of African American police officers out there who are doing their job and doing it the right way.

There's some men and women out there that are doing their job the right way. They're protecting and serving complete strangers in their communities the right way. And it's a thankless job. Obviously, there's a lot of information out on cops not doing their jobs correctly, but the ones that are should be celebrated.

I've had the acting bug since I was, like, five. But growing up, I saw how people treated me differently when they knew who my father was, even the stuff I did on the field. Sometimes I'd rush for 100 yards, and the headline would be, 'Denzel's son runs for 100 yards.' That's where the suppression of that bug came from.

My mother taught me how to love.

Like acting, undercover detective work requires a lot of performance. There's just more pressure because it's life-or-death situations.