“He has a lot more money than me,” Washington said.
Despite his international acclaim and large support system, Smith was still unhappy.
“Throughout the years, I would always call Denzel,” Smith told GQ.
“He’s a real sage.
I was probably 48 or something like that and I called Denzel.
He said, ‘Listen.
You’ve got to think of it as the funky 40.
Everybody’s 40s are funky.’
He said, ‘But just wait till you hit the f***-it 50s.’
He said, ‘Just bear with your 40s.’
I stopped and I was like, ‘The funky 40s and the f***-it 50s.’
And that’s exactly what happened.
“I don’t have any actor friends,” Washington told the outlet.
“My friends are old friends.
One’s an ex-music guy, the other’s a restaurant owner and the other’s an ex-pro ballplayer.
… Maybe I’m not a butt-kisser, maybe I’m not a schmoozer.
I’m not about to go to a party to venture to get a job.
And then when you have kids, the other friends become other parents.
My wife [Pauletta Washington] and I were raised right.
I don’t want movie-star friends.
For whatever reason, I never befriended white actors.”
PerPeople, Smith and Denzel have not yet starred in any films together.
Perhaps it’s a good thing for both men that Washington has thus far obliged.
