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Celebrities Share Favorite Moments with their Moms
Celebrities share their favorite moments with their mothers.
Original Content  |  January 01, 2006
Denzel Washington
Denzel Washington

Academy Award®-winning actor Denzel Washington credits his mother, Lennis, for keeping him grounded as he was starting to make a name for himself as an actor. "I remember coming home one time and feeling full of myself and talking, 'Did you imagine all this? I mean, I'm a star,'" Denzel says. "And she's, like, 'Negro, please. First of all, you don't know how many people been praying for you and for how long.' Then she told me to get the bucket and the squeegee and clean the windows."
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