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Movie Star Denzel Washington Says He Doesn’t Watch Movies

The actor made the baffling confession during an interview with director Spike Lee and rapper-turned-actor A$AP Rocky.

Denzel Washington, one of Hollywood’s most celebrated leading men, says he doesn’t watch movies. The Oscar-winning actor made the baffling confession during a GQ interview with director Spike Lee and rapper-turned-actor A$AP Rocky to promote their new movie, Highest 2 Lowest. “I don’t watch movies, man. I really don’t,” Washington, 70, said, sending his two collaborators into a fit of laughter. “I’m just being honest with you! I don’t watch movies! I don’t go to the movies. I don’t watch movies.” A$AP Rocky asked, “Is it because you make them?” Washington replied, “Probably. You know, I’m tired of movies,” adding that he had made “too many” of them. Since his debut in 1981’s Carbon Copy, Washington has racked up more than 40 film credits and also boasts an extensive stage career. He has collaborated with Lee five times, including on 1992’s Malcom X, which earned Washington an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Highest 2 Lowest is an English-language remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic High and Low.