http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/the-big-ideas/topics/the-greatest-actor-in-the-world en-us 60 <p align="center">&nbsp;</p><p align="center">&ldquo;<em>You know, when I was in college, first starting out as an actor, they asked each one of us what we wanted to do. I said, &quot;I want to be the best actor in the world.&quot; All the students in the classroom looked at me like I was a nut. Life has taught me to just try to be the best that I can be. And I thank the Academy for saying to me that on this given night I was the best that I could be.&rdquo;</em></p><p align="center">~ Denzel Washington, <u><a href="http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/denzelwashingtonoscar.htm">Oscar acceptance speech</a></u>, March 2002</p><p>Like all good actors, Denzel Washington had a first day of acting class.</p><p align="justify">On his first day, everyone went around the room and introduced themselves&mdash;sharing why they were in the class and what they wanted to do.</p><p align="justify">Denzel was kinda bashful: <em>&quot;I want to be the best actor in the world.&quot;</em></p><p align="justify">That.</p><p align="justify">Is.</p><p align="justify">Hot.</p><p align="justify">Just imagine the audacity and confidence it took to say that.</p><p align="justify">And the incredible <u><a href="http://brian.zaadz.com/blog/2007/10/big_idea_what_makes_chess_grandmasters_so_grand">passion</a></u> and focus it took to bring that dream to life.</p><p align="justify">What are <em>you</em> going to do?</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:43:22 -0000 forums.thinkarete.com:503:486:486 brian http://forums.thinkarete.com/forums/503/topics/486