Denzel Washington, money
earnin', Mount Vernon, New York City. [APPLAUSE] Everybody's a fan
of Denzel, right? Are we fans of Denzel? [APPLAUSE] And I tell this story all time. Back in the day
when I wasn't on, when I was just in the comedy
clubs trying to come up, I used to go to
Roxbury all the time and stand outside the club. And they would make me stand
on the other side of the street because I didn't have no resume. So I'm just watching
everybody come out. And I was the [INAUDIBLE] dude. Do you know what the
[INAUDIBLE] dude is? Anybody would walk out, it was
a star, I'd be like, oh, [BLEEP] [LAUGHTER] Wesley Snipes, whatever, babe. Oh, [BLEEP], Bruce Willis. You know, and I was oh,
[BLEEP] all the time. But I never got
a chance to cross the street until I saw Denzel. And when Denzel walked
out, I said, hell, no-- I've got to get on the
other side of the street. And you know how
black people are. When we get excited, we march. Am I right? Black people march. I was like, Denzel! [LAUGHTER] But Denzel does know
that karate stuff. Because as I got
close to him, he just reached up and did a movie
and hit me right in the throat. He said, hold on.
Hold on. All right.
OK. All right.
All right. Come-- all right. All right. OK. [LAUGHS] My n-- there's too many
white people out here. I want to-- There's
too many white people. If it was more of
us, I'd say it. [LAUGHTER] But more personally, I've
had Denzel to my house. I like saying that 'cause
not a lot of people get a chance to do that. And the one thing
he is-- he's giving. He sat at the table. And he talked to
all of us one night, to all of the young
actors that was coming up and the actresses. And you've watched
him now sort of evolve into something different,
to where he's more vocal. He tells you how
to hold on to what is artistic, how to
not forget that we're here for a different purpose. And that night, he
talked to all of us, and he made us feel absolutely
like we could do it. Thank you for
giving us everything that you see up
here in your work. And thank you for
giving us your heart. Thank you for giving
us Denzel Washington. But also, thank you
for giving us D. And we will continue
to march and try to hug you around your neck.
