Ethan Hawke says Denzel Washington is the greatest actor of our generation

Ethan Hawke recently praised Denzel Washington, calling him the greatest actor of his generation.

But I am saying Who’s talking to Chris Wallace? Max on Ethan, who is currently promoting his new movie wild catsDenzel’s acting was compared to playing baseball with Babe Ruth.

“I think when it’s all said and done, he’s the greatest actor of our generation,” the 53-year-old actor said.

Ethan noted, “The experience that I had dead Poets SocietyI started acting with Denzel every day.”

The Before Sunrise actor added, “His imagination is so perfect.”

Ethan commented, “I think it would be interesting to see how Babe Ruth touched his shoes, how he thought about different pitchers, but what makes it all is the tremendous amount of energy and thought.”

“What creates those moments and once you see someone working like that, it’s like a gateway… there’s all these other rooms you can go into the profession and it’s really It was inspiring to me, to see my chosen profession happening at that level,” explained predestination actor.

Interestingly, when Chris asked Ethan about his Oscar moment with Denzel in 2022, when Denzel was nominated for the Best Actor category and Ethan was competing for Best Supporting Actor for the film , training Day,

When Denzel won an Oscar, he told Ethan that “it’s better to lose the Oscar”.

for whom, alive The actor responded, “You don’t want an award to improve your status. You want an award to improve your status.”

He added, “Denzel thinks the same way and I’m talking about playing with Babe Ruth.”

Ethan explained, “The Academy Awards have more power because Denzel has a couple. It doesn’t reflect who he was.”

Interestingly, the host asked whether Ethan would like to win an Oscar in 20 years?

He responded, “No, I mean, yes, I think. I was sitting next to Denzel Washington at the Oscars and was nominated against Ian McKellen.”

He said, “I had already won. It was impossible for me not to see it any other way.”