Denzel Washington:

 

He's looking real, real good at 57 gracing the cover of GQ...

And like a fine wine, he just gets better with time. *clap for him…AND his wife Pauletta*

2-time Oscar winner and one of the best actors to ever do it (DON’T DEBATE ME!), Denzel Washington is dapper than ever on the October 2012 issue of GQ magazine.

In the feature, the 57-year old actor talks his thoughts on President Obama, what code he lives by, his dear friend Whitney Houston and more!

On his first memory of being onstage: “I was around 7, 8, whatever I was. We did a talent show at the Boys Club. Me and another guy, Wayne Bridges—God rest his soul—he’s the father of Chris Bridges, Ludacris. We decided to be the Beatles. So we went to John’s Bargain Store and bought fake guitars and wigs and did ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand.’”

On whether he has any code he lives by: “I read from the Bible every day, and I read my Daily Word. I read something great yesterday. It said, ‘Don’t aspire to make a living. Aspire to make a difference.’”

On having said that he once felt himself being filled with the Holy Spirit: “That was thirty years ago, at the church I still attend. The minister was preaching, ‘Just let it go.’ I said, I’m going to go with it.’ And I had this tremendous physical and spiritual experience. It did frighten me. I was slobbering, crying, sweating. My cheeks blew up. I was purging. It was too intense. It almost drove me away. I called my mother, and she said I was being filled with the Holy Spirit. I was like, ‘Does that mean I can never have wine again?’”

On how he felt when Whitney Houston died: “Whitney was my girl, and she had done so well in recovery. And that is the toughest part about addiction.”

On how he thinks Obama fits in now: “Well, the story’s not told yet. He’s in the beginning of the third quarter. I don’t know what his legacy is yet. He’s the first—that’s a part of it. Like Jackie Robinson. But it just wasn’t the first game; it was lasting the whole thing.”

Images: Nathaniel Goldberg for GQ

 

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Check out my video at the Motorcycle Awareness Fair held by the Memphis Police Department this Saturday at the Wolfchase Mall. You will not believe how wearing those goggles makes you feel and act and drive drunk. I hit a cone at the very beginning and the Officers said that meant that I hit a driver. Wow!!! Please don't DRINK & DRIVE...