“A prophet revealed I would be an actor,” Denzel Washington talks on being a preacher, more [DETAILS]

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Fans of the attractive and talented actor Denzel Washington know that he is a devout Christian. He is not shy about talking about his love and  faith in God. He even speaks candidly about the day when the Holy Spirit consumed him and he gave his life to Christ.

In a recent interview with Guardian, the actor reveals at one point he felt that he needed to contribute more to people’s lives, aside from his outstanding performances on the big screen, and asked his pastor if he’s supposed to be a preacher.

Excerpts from the interview are below.

On being a preacher:

I remember some years ago asking my pastor: “Do you think I’m supposed to be a preacher?” And he said: “Well, you are. You have a pulpit of your own.” That’s not to say that I’m preaching, necessarily. I don’t want to tell you what you need to do. I mean, I’m not turning it up to 10 when it comes to being correct, I’m not that guy, I like my wine.

On “Flight” being a religious film:

That’s right. But by that point he’s got nowhere to hide. It’s like what’s going on with this Lance Armstrong stuff now. The jig is up. And that line “God help me” was very important to me. As an arc as much as anything. You see this butt-naked, coke-sniffing, weed-smoking guy finally get to the point where he can say: “God help me.” He gets his life back.

On a prophet revealing he’d be an actor:

Acting was my calling. The year I started acting there was a woman in my mother’s beauty shop, a kind of seer if you like, who kept looking at me in the mirror. Finally she got a piece of paper and wrote ‘prophecy’ at the top. She said: “You are going to travel the world and preach to millions of people.” Now, bear in mind that I’d just been kicked out of school. I said: “You see anything there about me being let back into school?” That was March 75 and September 75 I started acting. I still got that piece of paper too.

Read the rest of the interview here.

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