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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tUPDATE 05\/20\/25 at 4:55 p.m. ET \u2014 Denzel Washington\u2019s absence from a Cannes Film Festival press conference was a planned one. Director Spike Lee and actors Jeffrey Wright and Ilfenesh Hadera answered questions about their new film Highest 2 Lowest at the festival on Tuesday, May 20. Missing from the conference was Washington, who was [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI guess because followers now are currency,\u201d Hardeman-Webb responded, to which the actor \u2014 who was promoting his new film, Highest 2 Lowest<\/i> \u2014\u00a0said, <\/span>\u201cI don\u2019t care who\u2019s following who. You can\u2019t lead and follow at the same time, and you can\u2019t follow and lead at the same time. I don\u2019t follow anybody. I follow the heavenly spirit. I follow God, I don\u2019t follow man. I have faith in God. I have hope in man, but look around, it ain\u2019t working out so well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nHe added: \u201cForget being followed. You <\/span>can\u2019t be canceled if you haven\u2019t signed up. Don\u2019t sign up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nFollowing the sit-down, Complex <\/i>posted the exchange via Instagram<\/a>, where Washington\u2019s hot take fired up the comments section.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHE BETTER PREACH!!!! Humans don\u2019t have that kind of power over my ordained life,\u201d <\/span>Taraji P. Henson<\/strong> remarked, while another IG user wrote, \u201c<\/span>Denzel been real as f lately \ud83d\ude02.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tDenzel Washington has too many accolades to list \u2014 but don\u2019t call him a \u201cHollywood actor.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s the definition of a Hollywood actor?\u201d Washington, 70, said on the Sunday, March 23, broadcast of CBS Sunday Morning. \u201cMyself, I\u2019m from Mount Vernon, so I\u2019m a \u2018Mount Vernon actor.\u2019 I don\u2019t know what \u2018Hollywood\u2019 means.\u201d Washington, who [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Washington has spoken his mind over the course of his press tour for Highest 2 Lowest<\/i>, a crime thriller directed by Spike Lee<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nEarlier this week, he said in an interview on Jake Hamilton<\/b>\u2019s \u201cJake\u2019s Takes<\/span>\u201d series that winning awards doesn\u2019t mean that much to him<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI don\u2019t do it for Oscars,\u201d Washington asserted on the Monday, August 11, episode. \u201cI really don\u2019t care about that kind of stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019ve been at this a long time, and there\u2019s times when I\u2019ve won, shouldn\u2019t have won, didn\u2019t win, should have won,\u201d he continued, adding, \u201cI\u2019m not that interested in Oscars. People say, \u2018Well, where do you keep it?\u2019 I say, \u2018Next to the other one.’\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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While appearing on the Tuesday, August 12, edition of ESPN\u2019s First Take<\/i>, Washington criticized Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones<\/strong><\/span><\/a> over the <\/span>ongoing contract dispute with Cowboys star linebacker Micah Parsons<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHe\u2019s making it hard,\u201d Washington said of Jones. \u201cNot to be a fan, because I\u2019m still a Cowboys fan. I\u2019m still going to have the star on the side of the hat. But he ain\u2019t thinking about us. He\u2019s thinking about his pocket.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nAfter host Stephen A. Smith<\/strong> tried to redirect the conversation to Highest 2 Lowest<\/i>, Washington told the camera, \u201cWhat does it say down at the bottom of the movie [poster]? What does it say on the one sheet? \u2018All money ain\u2019t good money,\u2019 Jerry!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
He added: \u201cForget being followed. You <\/span>can\u2019t be canceled if you haven\u2019t signed up. Don\u2019t sign up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Following the sit-down, Complex <\/i>posted the exchange via Instagram<\/a>, where Washington\u2019s hot take fired up the comments section.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHE BETTER PREACH!!!! Humans don\u2019t have that kind of power over my ordained life,\u201d <\/span>Taraji P. Henson<\/strong> remarked, while another IG user wrote, \u201c<\/span>Denzel been real as f lately \ud83d\ude02.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \n\t\t\tDenzel Washington has too many accolades to list \u2014 but don\u2019t call him a \u201cHollywood actor.\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s the definition of a Hollywood actor?\u201d Washington, 70, said on the Sunday, March 23, broadcast of CBS Sunday Morning. \u201cMyself, I\u2019m from Mount Vernon, so I\u2019m a \u2018Mount Vernon actor.\u2019 I don\u2019t know what \u2018Hollywood\u2019 means.\u201d Washington, who [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Washington has spoken his mind over the course of his press tour for Highest 2 Lowest<\/i>, a crime thriller directed by Spike Lee<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier this week, he said in an interview on Jake Hamilton<\/b>\u2019s \u201cJake\u2019s Takes<\/span>\u201d series that winning awards doesn\u2019t mean that much to him<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t do it for Oscars,\u201d Washington asserted on the Monday, August 11, episode. \u201cI really don\u2019t care about that kind of stuff.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been at this a long time, and there\u2019s times when I\u2019ve won, shouldn\u2019t have won, didn\u2019t win, should have won,\u201d he continued, adding, \u201cI\u2019m not that interested in Oscars. People say, \u2018Well, where do you keep it?\u2019 I say, \u2018Next to the other one.’\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n While appearing on the Tuesday, August 12, edition of ESPN\u2019s First Take<\/i>, Washington criticized Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones<\/strong><\/span><\/a> over the <\/span>ongoing contract dispute with Cowboys star linebacker Micah Parsons<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s making it hard,\u201d Washington said of Jones. \u201cNot to be a fan, because I\u2019m still a Cowboys fan. I\u2019m still going to have the star on the side of the hat. But he ain\u2019t thinking about us. He\u2019s thinking about his pocket.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n After host Stephen A. Smith<\/strong> tried to redirect the conversation to Highest 2 Lowest<\/i>, Washington told the camera, \u201cWhat does it say down at the bottom of the movie [poster]? What does it say on the one sheet? \u2018All money ain\u2019t good money,\u2019 Jerry!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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