{"id":126875,"date":"2024-11-17T11:26:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T04:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126875"},"modified":"2024-11-17T11:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T04:26:59","slug":"denzel-washington-says-people-better-realize-youre-being-manipulated-by-both-political-sides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126875","title":{"rendered":"Denzel Washington Says People \u201cBetter Realize You\u2019re Being Manipulated by Both\u201d Political Sides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<figure class=\"col-body mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"420\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/pYseALYhyVF5eVU_jpq6nQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD04Mjg-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_hollywood_reporter_217\/c90b725ae4b88a7ee00be3e7a899af85\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Denzel Washington is sharing his thoughts on the current political landscape in the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The two-time Oscar-winning actor, who stars in Ridley Scott\u2019s upcoming <em>Gladiator II<\/em>, was recently asked about the 2024 presidential election, which saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/official-donald-trump-elected-47th-104617803.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump defeat Kamala Harris;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Donald Trump defeat Kamala Harris<\/a> earlier this month. During his interview with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/film\/article\/denzel-washington-gladiator-ii-interview-ls9dv88qw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Sunday Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Sunday Times<\/a><\/em>, editor Jonathan Dean also noted a specific line in <em>Gladiator II<\/em> that felt timely given the election: \u201cEmpires fall, so do emperors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\"><strong>More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cYou know, it\u2019s so easy to stand outside America and say this and that,\u201d Washington, 69, said in response. \u201cTurn around, you know? Pick a country. Any one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cBut listen,\u201d the <em>Training Day<\/em> actor continued. \u201cIt\u2019s all politics. All promises unkept. And now with the information age the way it is \u2014 if anything \u2014 left, right, whatever had better learn how to use those tools to manipulate the people. There was a great line in the first movie I did, [1981\u2019s] <em>Carbon Copy<\/em>: \u2018Power to the people? Yeah, they had it once \u2014 it was called the Stone Age.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cWe\u2019re all slaves to information now. We really are. We\u2019re all slaves. So whatever you feel about the leaders, like this guy\u2019s crazy or the other one is sane, you\u2019d better realize you\u2019re being manipulated by both sides. Period,\u201d Washington added. \u201cYeah. So go to the movies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\"><em>The Equalizer 3<\/em> star has previously been open about urging people to \u201copen our eyes\u201d and hold elected officials in office accountable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI think we, as Americans, need to unite and to hold all of our elected officials\u2019 feet to the fire as it relates to working together,\u201d he told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/oscars-denzel-washington-says-we-as-americans-need-unite-973265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Hollywood Reporter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em> in 2017, during which Trump was serving his first term as president. \u201cWe need to demand that they work together through our vote, that they work together to come up with solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Elsewhere during his interview with <em>The Sunday Times<\/em>, Washington also looked back at his career, admitting that not all of his movies were hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cAfter\u00a0[1992\u2019s] <em>Malcolm X<\/em>\u00a0I made some real clunkers. Look them up \u2014 I won\u2019t say their names,\u201d Washington said. \u201cThey are all in the 1990s. But I was earning. I had responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">While the actor didn\u2019t specify which of his films he considered \u201cclunkers,\u201d some of the movies he starred in during that decade included <em>Crimson Tide<\/em>, <em>Virtuosity,<\/em> <em>Much Ado About Nothing<\/em>,\u00a0<em>He Got Game<\/em>, <em>The Pelican Brief<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Devil in a Blue Dress<\/em>,<em>The Preacher\u2019s Wife<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Fallen<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Bone Collector<\/em>, among others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">But Washington noted that he was prouder of his projects in the 2000s, which included <em>Remember the Titans<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Training Day<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cSo, 2000 \u2026\u201d he pondered. \u201cWell, in life, you learn, earn and then you return \u2014 as in give back. So if your life is 90 years long, up until 30 you learn and from 30 to 60 you earn. So in that era I was earning. With a great agent, my career built into making money and so the earning kicked in and then life also kicked in, with bills, four kids and a house.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\"><strong>Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.hollywoodreporter.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:THR's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">THR&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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