Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington has made a success out of himself the ol’ fashioned way: he has worked for it and worked hard. While the tabloids have long offered free publicity to those who party excessively, behave like fools or suffer relapse after relapse, Washington has maintained a relatively low profile by Hollywood standards and is still revered for his tremendous acting prowess. In a recent speech to young aspiring actors, Washington praised hard work and a reverence for God as a key to success.
In a recent speech to young aspiring actors, Washington praised hard work and a reverence for God as a key to success.
“I pray that you all put your shoes way under the bed at night so that you gotta get on your knees in the morning to find them,” he said. “And while you’re down there thank God for grace and mercy and understanding. We all fall short of the glory, we all got plenty.”
“True desire in the heart for anything good is God’s proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it’s yours already,” Washington said. “So the desire you have, that itch that you have to be whatever it is you want to be … that itch, that desire for good is God’s proof to you sent already to indicate that it’s yours. You already have it. Claim it.”
Washington also stressed that good deeds are important factors. Washington claimed, “I’ve been blessed to make hundreds of millions of dollars in my life. I can’t take it with me and neither can you. So it’s not how much you have, it’s what you do with what you have.”
In this day and age, it’s truly inspirational to see a class-act give such great advice to the next generation of actors. #CTA101
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