Award-winning actor Will Smith is known to be one of the greatest actors in Hollywood and he confidently acknowledges his own talent.
The Oscar-winning star boldly included himself on his own Mount Rushmore of the Greatest Male Actors, alongside legends Marlon Brando, Denzel Washington, and Daniel Day-Lewis.
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“I’m tryna look at the whole spectrum… I’m not tryna be arrogant. I do think I am one of the most prolific actors of all time,” Smith stated.
The Fresh Prince explained the distinction between performers and movie stars before bringing up Day-Lewis.
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“Why I like those is because there’s actors and there’s movie stars… An actor can deliver a role and take you to something that is a transformative experience, but a movie star can put a movie on their back and carry it. You go to a Denzel movie because it’s a Denzel movie. There are a lot of times people are good actors and you like to see people act and if they’re in something you like, you’ll go. But you’ll go to a Denzel because it’s Denzel. You’ll go to a Will Smith movie because it’s Will Smith,” he added.
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Smith acknowledged that “being a movie star is a little bit extra,” but he did not favor one category over another.
Will Smith says he’s one of the most prolific actors of our time and places himself alongside Marlon Brando, Denzel Washington, and Daniel Day-Lewis on his Mount Rushmore of the greatest actors of all time.
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“When you’re a movie star, you can carry a movie and there are a lot of actors that are really great and can give you spectacular performances, but they won’t put a movie on their back and carry it around the world and make you want to come see it because they’re in it,” Smith said, concluding his remarks as the blockbuster pioneer that he is.
