Denzel Washington
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Pleasure.
Pleasure.
I got baptized, and I have to now take courses to obtain a license. But I did get baptized. But I'm not an ordained minister.
I got baptized, and I have to now take courses to obtain a license. But I did get baptized. But I'm not an ordained minister.
I went for a ride one day, and I decided to go up to Harlem. I was in Manhattan. I decided to get my car and drive up to Harlem. And riding around, thinking of places where my mother lived. And I stopped in front of the church that my mother grew up in. And the door was cracked. So I went in. And they were celebrating the young students, members of the church that were going to college.
I went for a ride one day, and I decided to go up to Harlem. I was in Manhattan. I decided to get my car and drive up to Harlem. And riding around, thinking of places where my mother lived. And I stopped in front of the church that my mother grew up in. And the door was cracked. So I went in. And they were celebrating the young students, members of the church that were going to college.
And I got involved in that. And one thing led to another. And whatever it was, weeks later, months later, I got baptized.
And I got involved in that. And one thing led to another. And whatever it was, weeks later, months later, I got baptized.
Yes, yes.
Yes, yes.
It was prophesied in my youth that I would travel the world and preach or speak to millions of people. I used to think that I was doing that through my work. Now I'm trying to be a bit more specific. about speaking about my faith.
It was prophesied in my youth that I would travel the world and preach or speak to millions of people. I used to think that I was doing that through my work. Now I'm trying to be a bit more specific. about speaking about my faith.
Well, a woman was sitting in my mother's beauty shop in March 1975. The reason I was in there was because I'd flunked out of college.
Well, a woman was sitting in my mother's beauty shop in March 1975. The reason I was in there was because I'd flunked out of college.
Yeah, I was up in Mount Vernon, and I was told to take a semester off from school to think about my, you know, what I wanted to do. And every time I looked up in the mirror, I saw this woman looking at me, and she said she was having a prophecy. She said I would travel the world and preach to millions of people.
Yeah, I was up in Mount Vernon, and I was told to take a semester off from school to think about my, you know, what I wanted to do. And every time I looked up in the mirror, I saw this woman looking at me, and she said she was having a prophecy. She said I would travel the world and preach to millions of people.
She didn't say anything about me being an actor or getting back in school, but I have traveled the world, and I am speaking more and more.
She didn't say anything about me being an actor or getting back in school, but I have traveled the world, and I am speaking more and more.
You know, I don't separate one, nor do I categorize. But it's definitely given me the platform to speak.
You know, I don't separate one, nor do I categorize. But it's definitely given me the platform to speak.