Questlove on Meeting Denzel Washington and "Surreal" Oscars Season | Oscar Nominees Night 2022 - video Dailymotion

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Questlove’s film ‘The Summer of Soul’ is nominated for best documentary feature.

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00:00Congratulations, how does it, did it sink in today that you are now and forever?

00:04Dude, this is the, this is seriously surreal.

00:08Like, I can't explain it, but I wanna thank you for your support on this man.

00:12Like, I appreciate this, yeah.

00:15Well, let me ask you, who were you sitting with today?

00:18Who was the most exciting person to meet for the first time?

00:20Dude, my mom's gonna be so jealous of me that I had all this Denzel time.

00:25I saw you guys were hanging on the rap.

00:27Yo, man, he was, he was, Denzel was like, it was like talking to me.

00:32Like, I love telling stories, but he told me all the stories of him,

00:36you know, growing up in the South Bronx and going to Fordham

00:39and how he was there to see like Grandmaster Flowers

00:43and like the first scratching ever and all that stuff.

00:45So he, he gave me, he let me know his hip hop pedigree, which is awesome.

00:49So it was great.

00:50And, and I also sat with, um, uh, uh, our producer.

00:55Uh, uh, the Oscars, uh.

00:58Oh, of, of the Oscars?

00:59Oh, Will Packer.

01:00Whoa.

01:00Oh my God.

01:01He'll kill me for saying that.

01:02Yes.

01:02I sat with, I sat with Will Packer today.

01:04That's cool.

01:05And you know, it was just really, really great to be at that table.

01:09So the last thing I'm gonna bother you with,

01:11what are you most kind of excited about jazzed about for the 27th?

01:16What's good?

01:16Besides taking a nap for the first time?

01:18That's on the 28th.

01:20Um, no, not even, oh God, no, not even, um, you know, again, I'm excited about,

01:28um, I'll say this as much that Will Smith and I have really been like,

01:35he's been like a, a, a guiding light, if you will.

01:37Like someone that keeps me calm and shows me the ropes and all these things.

01:42And like, he's, he's, he's, he's my wise sage for this.

01:46So, but I'm also very excited to, to, to see if this night works out for him.

01:52Well, I think you both are in for a fun, uh, evening.

01:55I would, I would bet, but it's been fun.

01:58Can you keep it up for two West Philadelphia guys?

02:00Yeah, that's great.

02:01I'll take that.

02:02Enjoy.

02:02I'll see you soon.

02:03Yeah.

02:03Take care.

Questlove on Meeting Denzel Washington and "Surreal" Oscars Season | Oscar Nominees Night 2022

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