Antoine Fuqua

If you win, if you make money. If you do quality work, then other people of color, whatever color that is, can get in the door. ”

Denzel's all about the work. He's all about the acting. He's an actor. He'll tell you himself, 'I'm not a movie star, celebrity, something else. I'm an actor.' He steps on a set, that's what he is, and that's what he gives you. He gives his heart. ”

When you're a director, and you look at Scorsese's work, he's always challenging us to push the envelope and break the rules. Someone like that is necessary and a godsend. ”

I box every day. I have a gym built wherever I go, so I still got my gym. Every day, I try to get in there and work out the mitts. ”

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see. ”

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel. ”

My responsibility is, I'm always trying to look for new people of color or even artistic people who need a chance. ”