Jamie Foxx opens the AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Denzel Washington

ladies and gentlemen Jamie Foxx [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is that the dizzy all right there huh is that the WAMP d I got to walk I said black John Wayne I know where soap legs up [Applause] tim zell washington money earning Mount Vernon New York City everybody's a fan of Denzel right are we faster than Zell and I tell the story all the 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 will make me stand on the other side of the street cuz I don't have no resumes so I'm just watching everybody come out and I was the oh shit dude you know what oh shit dude is anybody walk out over the star be like oh oh you know and I was oh shit all the time but I never got a chance to cross the street until I saw Denzel and when Denzel walked out I said hail naw I got to get on the other side of the street and you know how black people are who we get excited we March black people March all like - but dizzier does know that karate stuff cuz as I got close to him he just reached up and did a move and hit me right nipple he said hold on hold on alright okay alright alright come alright Oh okay [Laughter] [Music] there's too many white people out too many white people if it was more of us I'd say but more personally I've had Denzel to my house I like saying it because I 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 all of the young actors that was coming up in 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 and 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 [Applause]

Channel: American Film Institute

Views: 3,734,044

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Length: 3min 21sec (201 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 21 2019