Top 17 Derek Luke Quotes

It’s a story about victory that will touch the lives of everyone who watches it. It’s powerful.

I had a lot of fun with Val Kilmer. He’s like a big kid.

He’s looking for the president‘s kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room, and I’m waiting for that action.

I want what’s mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters.

Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!

Denzel Washington invoked confidence. When you have confidence, you can do anything. And that’s what happened. I learned about being honest and keeping it true, keeping it true in my performance.

I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.

Denzel Washington is a person I will always emulate. I emulate him because he focuses on real life. Because of that he has made me a better person.

I loved B.I.G., but not like I liked Tupac, because he was an actor, so I related to him.

A few years ago you couldn’t go from TV to film. It was like a ‘no no’ but I believe when you find a plan and purpose that God has for your life, there’s not anything man can do to you. Especially when your faith is not really standing in the wisdom of man, you’re really standing in the wisdom of God.

I went to college for one semester, and I took every subject I could, and I ended up failing. So I thought to myself, Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved expression – and that’s when I started thinking about acting.

When your heart is first, you can be absent of heart but when you put spirit first, you have a reason for why you do heart.

Hip-hop was my first audience – I would rap in the mirror, walk down the street and listen to my Walkman.

In my heart of hearts I believe I was made to entertain.

I think it’s time to do clean-up for a generation. I believe this is one of the movies that hits home for all colors and all races. Everybody I talk to, black or white, suburban, rich or poor, can relate to rejection, can relate to not having a father or a mother.

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That’s when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

Denzel’s quality, I think, is his faith. You have all the action in your head and you have to believe in it and just do it. That’s what he does and that’s what he taught me to do.