Denzel Talks Importance of Failure in UPenn Graduation Speech

Denzel Washington makes remarks during the University of Pennsylvania's 255th Commencement Monday, May 16, 2011, in Philadelphia.

*Denzel Washington says there’s a lesson to learn in his decision to deliver the commencement speech at the University of Pennsylvania.]

Addressing about 5,000 graduates at the Ivy League school in Philadelphia on Monday, the Oscar- and Tony-winning actor said the academic ceremony was “a little overwhelming and out of my comfort zone.”

And that was his reason for accepting the invitation to speak, he said.

read more click here

Technorati Tags: denzel,black celebrity gossip,black gossip