Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Interviews Denzel Washington & Viola Davis Stars of 'Fences' | THR 

omg When Viola davis Speaks I hear Gold

So much greatness and excellence displayed in this interview.

Extraordinary interview. Moreover, Viola, is pure joy and brilliance. Love to hear her speak, love to see and feel her act; and, love to hear her laugh.

I wanna thank Denzel for putting this sista onto the Hollywood game. He jumpstarted her career in 2002 "Antoine Fischer", and she hasn't stopped yet.

Kareem is and has always been such a fiercely intelligent and thoughtful man, I'm not surprised at all he would conduct such a compelling interview. Kudos nonetheless. Nothing but brilliance on display here.

I saw the film last night in San Francisco. August Wilson would be proud of the work of Denzel Washington as an actor and a director. Viola Davis and the entire cast was brilliant. In my mind, we all have Troy Mixson, Rose Mixson, and Garbriel Mixson's in our families. I'm hoping that fathers and sons go see this film, and perhaps learn how to better communicate with each other. Fathers, please, help your sons become strong men. Sons, please learn the ways of your father ( good and bad) and decide what you will and won't do/be as a man. Having said that, I know it's not easy ( My son is 21 years old and father/son relationships can be challenging, but beautiful.) Thank you, August Wilson ( may you R.I.P.) Thank you Denzel Washington for being the man that you are. You and your beautiful wife Pauletta (another brilliant talented sister) have raised sons, and to me, you two are remarkable parents! Viola Davis, you are truly a woman w/ heart and soul, talented, and you make us sisters proud! Thank you Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for asking spot on questions! Bravo!

The GOAT interviewing 2 powerhouses

Kareem is a great interviewer.

Kareem displays absolute brilliance as a interviewer!

thank you for this amazing interview..... Brilliant! Bravo for Fences....Denzel and Viola are genius...

Great movie, and great actors! Viola Davis is amazing. There will never be another actor like Denzel Washington, so talented, and one of a kind.

Thanks Kareem for adding an intellectual twist to interviewing process!

A FINE woman, and I'm always looking forward to see her act. Never disappointing!

Kareem!!

This is by far the best movie interview ever! wow, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar never ceases to inspire me!

Viola Davis is quite beautiful and [still] should have played Nina Simone.

I lost count how many times I've watched this. The way KAJ is sky hooking these questions is a thing of beauty.

LMAO!!!!!!!! @Denzel's comment at 10:50. And I must say that I adore Viola's expressiveness and tone of voice......very natural and soothing....

Loved Viola Davis commentary. Her insight is healing. Great interview.

Kareem! Could you interview the director and cinematographer of Moonlight?

I just came from the theater watching this movie! Yes, I cried. Very touching!!

Denzel does looking anywhere close to 62,even though He is 62.Father time has been most kind to Him.

👏👏👏 Superb job! I was in tears during this movie because so much rang true that I've seen in others close to me and also me personally.

JUST CLASS - CLASSINESS & CLASSIC !!!!!

Enjoy the interview Peace and Blessings yall ❤🙏🏾

Absolutely brilliant interview. Felt the thoughtful questions in my bones.

Linked to this interview after watching Viola and Tom Hanks talk, and it made me realize that Hanks was really out of his league.

that was an awesome interview

Very nice interview. However, I cannot believe that the hollywood reporter actually had the audacity to have THESE three people in a room speaking and have terrible sound. I've watched many of your videos and I've NEVER heard bad sound. Very disrespectful of the calibre of talent in that room.

Wonderful interview! This film brought me to tears! It spoke to my soul! I can't wait to see the play live.

Loved this interview. The questions were different from a deeper place.

really seldom do we see such an insightful interviewer conducting such a refined and profound interview among all the bloated Hollywood superficialities.. I am deeply thankful for this video

GOAT interview

3 awesome individuals. Thanx for this upload.

loved the interview

Wonderful piece! Thank you!

fantastic interview ,i got to say Viola legs are beautiful !!

Powerful piece, its reality at its finest.

You know Denzel Washington is classy when he can cross his legs and GET AWAY WITH IT. Not one negative comment is aimed at him for doing that.

This is a treasure trove. I absolutely loved what Viola said about Rose being a strong woman and choices. You see, we're all seeing so called "empowering" films for women. But, these stories are very one dimensiaonl and they show us successful women who get everything they want. They dont show us the messy, complicated, not so great side to women. Truth is, women can be just as complicated as anyone. But the audience wants to see a film that reassures them that women are superior and that fmeminism is about kicking ass all the time. It still taps into the feel good aspect of cinema. But Viola is brave to step into these roles. When she said "Rose is strong" I was like yessssss. Rose has very little choices, in fact no choices at all. You can't expect her to go from zero to hero in the play. She does the best she humanly can.

I'm 4 years late. BEAUTIFUL JUST BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!

three legends

great interview! Mr. Abdul Jabbar, bravo!!!!!

I've read the book. my favorite scene is when he says it's not easy for him to admit he's been standing in the spot for 18 yrs. as a 55 yr old woman who's been a stay at home mom for 24 yrs sacrificing all my desires, and battling diabetes, I feel like I'm not enjoying life

The number of dislikes on this compared to all the other videos that are uploaded on RU-vid just shows you that Denzel has such wonderful energy, you can’t hate on him in no way, shape or form. 🔥💯🙌🏾 my fav actor of all time, hands down!

Kareem is a our national treasure...no bones about it.

Viola is brilliant!

Loooooooooooveeeeee this interview!

I love this 😁

6:20 BERGAMOT! LMAO...if someone would've said Blue Magic I would've been 💀💀💀

Kareem..my hero since i was 10yo

Great interview

Classy.

Denzel is 61...

i cryed so much man..

Legends!

You folks should have seen Viola Davis in " Everybody's Ruby ", an Off-Broadway play at The public Theatre. This was in the late 1990s, no later than late 2000. She, the title character, stole the show from Felica Rashad.

AWESOME!KICKASS!

Hey y'all superb folks were selfish not saying what Bergamot is, lol. For those curious about our culture, it's a jar of green or blue hair grease, lol! What a great interview. I really enjoyed it. Thank you.

Need to see this movie! :)

What an amazing movie. Wow

Such a good movie

Fascinating

My God. I love this man. I love this woman. I'm gonna meet you soon.

I enjoyed that Kareem🤝.

congrats! A great way to end 2016................................................................................

mixed emotions on watching this film. Reflections of my father were deep in .

KOBE #GOATBEAST!!!!!. I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE PLAY, AS I WATCH FENCES. SO THE FIRST WORDS THAT CAME TO MIND, WAS POWERFULL! ALL MUST WATCH THIS GREAT MOVIE!!! PERFECT CAST, ALL OF THEM MOSTDEFINITELY!!! KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR, WOW JUST AS GREAT!!! I AND I'M POSITIVE ALOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD LOVE DENZEL WASHINGTON, KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR TO BE IN A MOVIE TOGETHER!!!

I've always found it amazing, but not surprising, that someone who's had so much success in a certain field, can excel just about anywhere else given the opportunity. It's no surprise this legendary basketball player is also able to ask such introspective and profound questions. I find that type of drive and execution really motivating.

Viola Davis: She spoke of a family model, No not a Sacrilege. There are some conversations that cannot be spoken of any other way.

Spielberg doing goodfellas. Mind blown.

Denzel Washington Malcolm X is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

Kareem voice wow, he should do videogames, or best audiobooks.

Denzel look hyped as hell starring at Kareem.

Denzal should Play Kareem Abdul Jabar !!

Abdlujabar is one of the legend on NBA if you don't know

a movie is made to express an emotion, and/or an intellectual argument of the state of things. That argument is not expressed in a 40 second interview, it takes the whole movie to do that.

One of the things that I thought about, me being a man, is that if Viola came to him and said I'm pregnant with another man. And what his response would be

Good conversation. Although scripted questions, they were poignant and Kareem did not get in the way...

I hope so, its a third Oscar...I hope:D

Politics is like marketing it's everything

I see neck mics, but Viola is all boom, what's going on?

I had to stop watching the interview old Kareem Abdul-Jabbar up there spoiling the story!

VIOLA'S MIC IS NOT ON.. >:-/

I always loved and respected Kareem, not only as a basketball legend, but as the highly intelligent man that he truly is. But the problem I have when he conducts interviews is that he invariably reads his questions for the interview from cards. In doing so, it makes the interview seem robotic and a bit tedious and vapid. In my opinion, he should cease reading his questions and be more direct.

Gone ahead Viola, show them pretty Black Leggs!

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is just like Shannon Sharp, and most recently Stephen A Smith, but Denzel Washington and Viola Davis are speaking Dez Bryant talk. He (Kareem) tries to tie in race or direct the interview in a direction that is going to feed his default narrative... By even providing a glimpse into why he is by referencing every black athlete (which by today standards is dominanted by) feels his way or insinuating goes thru similar paths... Farther could be from the truth. Evidence? Denzel and Viola have an interpective on the intent of the story they played and the conclusion in their perception is truth. This is not about sending a message to White people/America, that this is how a Black family lives or the whys... This is just a struggling family dealing with a prideful lion who is the center of all attention dealing with the crookeds and the straights... Even if at many times it is self inflicted. This is just a struggling family coexisting with one another surrounded by not only the sins of the father, but also by his skewed percetion of fairness in circumstances due to his dealing with what he believes is racism. However, at the end (of the movie) a seed still blooms into a flower regardless of the weed that tries to choke the space around it. Much RESPECT for DENZEL & VIOLA!

Why is Kareem doing this?

Kareem don't even know where he at smh🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

Of course the play is didactic; lesson: family is the building unit/foundation of society!

Yes, definitely time for people of African descent; 400 years of slavery are over

Interesting but they could have used better sound for Denzel, and especially Viola. Hard to hear her.

I liked this video, but I think Phylicia Rashad or Tavis Smiley would have been better suited to interview Denzel and Viola.

Legends!