Denzel Washington done with movie career?

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Denzel Washington done with movie career? Top-5 Actors?

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00:00Awful news today. Awful news. It appears that Gladiator 2 may be Denzel's last film ever.

00:13Whoa!

00:14In an interview, I believe with Empire Magazine, I'm not familiar with it, Denzel says, and

00:25it's a quote from him that there are very few films left for me to make that I am interested

00:36in.

00:37Ah!

00:38He is 69 years old.

00:40Which is young.

00:41So, well, I always feel like it is, but I'm...

00:45For Denzel, that is young.

00:46I'm getting up there. So...

00:47Wow.

00:48That's my guy. It hurts.

00:49I would argue...

00:50I thought you were going to cry for me.

00:51Yeah, it hurts.

00:53I would argue that he is a top five actor.

00:58Top three.

00:59When it comes to emergency, top five male actors, my lifetime.

01:06Uh-huh.

01:07Number five.

01:08I have Denzel at number three on my list.

01:12All right.

01:13Number three.

01:14Are you interested in who I have at number one?

01:16Yes, please.

01:17Am I shocking you?

01:18Number one.

01:19Anthony Hopkins.

01:20Ooh!

01:21What?

01:22Yeah.

01:23He's a good one.

01:24Yes.

01:25He is a good one.

01:26All time.

01:27Some extraordinary roles.

01:28Shine, don't look at me like that.

01:29Hannibal Lecter?

01:30No, I get you.

01:31I'm with you.

01:32I get it.

01:33Okay.

01:34Are you...

01:35Would you like to know who I have at number two?

01:36Yes, please.

01:37Sure.

01:38Number two.

01:39Leonardo DiCaprio.

01:40Yes.

01:41Okay.

01:42You're such a Leo guy.

01:43Number two.

01:44A massive range when it comes to characters that he has portrayed.

01:46That he does.

01:47He can play anybody.

01:49He is arguably in the most successful film of all time, Titanic.

01:55And I don't care if it's Catch Me If You Can, or if it is Wolf of Wall Street, whatever.

01:59Blood Diamond.

02:00I mean, he played a South African dude with a great...

02:03Okay.

02:04Greg's a big fan of The Revenant.

02:05I got...

02:06It was a good movie, though.

02:07I got Denzel at three.

02:08Yep.

02:10I have at number four...

02:12Number four.

02:13Robert De Niro.

02:14Okay.

02:15Yep.

02:16All right.

02:17I don't think you can have a list that doesn't have De Niro on it.

02:18I don't think so.

02:19I don't think so.

02:20Madden Seek.

02:21Terrifying movie.

02:22Number five.

02:23I have Al Pacino.

02:24Number five.

02:25Al Pacino.

02:26All right.

02:27It's a good list.

02:28That is a good list.

02:29Is there anybody that's not on there, please?

02:30Sam Jackson.

02:31Stanley Tucci.

02:32What?

02:33Stanley Tucci?

02:34One of the best.

02:35He's been in like three films.

02:36Yep.

02:37And they're all hits.

02:38Right.

02:39He doesn't miss.

02:40Stanley Tucci is not...

02:42He's a good actor.

02:43He's not...

02:44He is.

02:45If Stanley Tucci's in something, I'm like, that's going to be a hit.

02:48Stanley Tucci from the...

02:49Who am I missing?

02:50Do not say Tom Hank.

02:51Brad Pitt.

02:52No.

02:53I can't stand Tom Hank.

02:54Sam Jackson.

02:55American Treasure Tom Hank is not worth the film that you see him on.

03:00I would say Sam Jackson's one.

03:01Samuel L. Jackson is a great actor.

03:03He's more of a character actor, though.

03:06Another one that I think is an amazing actor.

03:09I know who this is going to be.

03:10No.

03:11And he doesn't maybe get his due because of the stupid case he went through.

03:15Johnny Depp.

03:16Johnny Depp.

03:17Yes.

03:18If he had a bigger body of work.

03:19Yes.

03:20Yeah.

03:21Now, listen.

03:22In the Twitch chat, somebody is suggesting Tom Cruise.

03:26He's been on a lot of stuff.

03:28He's like Will Smith.

03:29They got big, big budget box office hits when you look at their panel.

03:36But that has nothing to do with your acting.

03:38But he plays the same thing basically every time, Tom Cruise.

03:41He does now sort of because of Mission Impossible 4.

03:44I mean, he's been in he was in Taps early on.

03:49He was Eyes Wide Shut.

03:51Eyes Wide Shut.

03:52I love the problem with every f***ing studio right now.

03:57He is, you know, he was excellent in Born on the Fourth of July.

04:02There's one guy you're leaving off the list.

04:03There is?

04:04Yeah.

04:05What movie did you talk about?

04:06Well, I've talked about a million movies.

04:09That started your lead.

04:10Gladiator.

04:11Oh, Russell Crowe.

04:13Yes.

04:15I talked about Gladiator too.

04:16You think Russell Crowe?

04:17Russell Crowe.

04:18Think about his movies.

04:19And like you talk about range, right?

04:20He's been in a lot of stuff.

04:21But we're talking about range, right?

04:22And be able to do a lot of different things.

04:24Great in Gladiator.

04:25He was great in American Gangster.

04:27He was great in the, what's the movie, L.A. Confidential.

04:32The other one where he was with, who's the kid who played in the Bobby movie?

04:37Ryan Gosling.

04:38Yeah.

04:39He was in the movie with him where they were like two cops.

04:41I forget the name of it.

04:42You have to be able to do like comedy, drama, and you know, sometimes, like, that's why

04:46I think Robert De Niro is probably the number one in my mind because he can be funny.

04:51He can be soft, but he can be in like these scary movies that are kind of thrillery.

04:57Honorable mention on the Twitch chat.

04:58A lot of people bringing up Clint Eastwood.

05:00Yeah.

05:01Excellent actor.

05:02Right.

05:03But a lot of his movies might've been before.

05:05Sort of before my time.

05:06Yeah.

05:07Yeah.

05:08You know, because a lot of the Western movies and stuff like that.

05:10I really can't say before my time with a lot of things.

05:12Yeah, that's true.

05:13No, you can't.

05:14I mean, I can't, I can't even say it with telegrams.

05:17Oh, I got another one.

05:19Stage coaches.

05:20Before my time.

05:21I got another one for you.

05:23Greg.

05:24Yes.

05:25What?

05:26Sean Penn.

05:27I don't like Sean Penn though.

05:28But as an actor though.

05:29Yeah.

05:30I mean, personally, I don't like him.

05:31No, no.

05:32Personally, you might not like him.

05:33But as an actor.

05:34I can separate the two.

05:35Yeah.

05:36That's, I mean, like.

05:37Pretty good actor.

05:38Separate.

05:39Yeah.

05:40I mean, look at Denzel.

05:41Right.

05:42He's done.

05:43So his range is gigantic.

05:44Like, I love man on fire.

05:47I've said it a billion times.

05:48Oh, yeah.

05:49It's a great one.

05:50Arguably.

05:51Creasing Bell.

05:52Arguably the greatest film ever.

05:53Man on Fire.

05:54Then he was in the, he was in the Equalizer films.

05:57Yes.

05:58He did a whole, that's a, there's like five of them.

06:02Three of them.

06:03What do they call that?

06:04Sean, what do they call that?

06:05Trilogy.

06:06Trilogy.

06:07Well, it's not a trilogy.

06:08That's three.

06:09Trilogy?

06:10No.

06:11It's like.

06:12Then you have.

06:13Training Day.

06:14He played.

06:15A franchise?

06:16Training Day.

06:17A franchise.

06:18Then you have the, he played the drunk pilot guy.

06:23Yes.

06:24That was a great film as well.

06:25I mean, he's.

06:26His range is gigantic.

06:27Shoot program.

06:28Yeah.

06:29When I met Denzel, he is my, he's number one on my list.

06:33We know.

06:34Number one.

06:35But you're number two, the disrespect you're showing him right now that you're not bringing

06:39him up.

06:40Idris.

06:41Oh, Idris is good.

06:42But he doesn't, but he doesn't have the disrespect.

06:43Top 100 actors.

06:44Yeah.

06:45He's not.

06:46Where would you put Richard Gere?

06:47Uh, it'd be top one.

06:50I don't know.

06:51I mean, Richard Gere, maybe top 50.

06:54I mean, he was in the, he was in some good films, Officer and a Gentleman.

06:58There are people who've been in a great film and it kind of was like a one and done.

07:03He has a lot of good ones though.

07:05But it's about.

07:06You brought up range though.

07:08What's the difference?

07:09Like he hasn't done, like, it's kind of like similar characters and he's a good actor.

07:14Like a guy that we haven't even talked about is Christian Bale.

07:18Right.

07:19Yes.

07:20Somebody that can do.

07:21Batman baby.

07:22Great role.

07:23Like the Batman role.

07:25Great role, but not necessarily a giant body of work.

07:29Yes.

07:30He was in the fighter.

07:31American Psycho.

07:32American Psycho.

07:33Yes.

07:34He was in the movie.

07:35He was in with when he, um, damn, Heath Ledger would have been one of the best actors of

07:43all time.

07:44We're not doing would have been.

07:45Yes.

07:46I appreciate that.

07:47Sorry.

07:48Yes.

07:49All right.

07:50All right.

07:51Listen, I, your, your list, your top five is good.

07:54I might've slid, you know, one or two in there.

07:57I would have Denzel first, but you know, I ain't going to knock it.

07:59You would have Denzel ahead of Leonardo DiCaprio.

08:03Yes.

08:04I love Leo.

08:05I can't do it.

08:06I will.

08:07And Anthony Hopkins underappreciated.

08:08I like Anthony Hopkins.

08:11Underappreciated.

08:12All right.

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