He once told an interviewer who kept interrupting, “Listening is underrated.” Then he let the silence teach the lesson.
In an intense moment, he was accused of being “too guarded.” His response? “Privacy isn’t a flaw. It’s power.”
Denzel was once asked to define “Black excellence.” He said, “It’s knowing who you are before anyone else tells you.”
When asked if he ever feels boxed in, he replied with clarity. “I built my own lane. There’s no box big enough for that.”
In a European interview, a reporter asked if American racism affects him. Denzel looked up and said, “It affects us all. Ignorance travels.”
He was asked if winning Oscars changed him. “No,” he said. “But watching others sell their souls — that changed me.”
