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Will Smith Names His Top Four ‘Prolific Actors of All Time,’ Including Himself

The Academy Award winner also named three other actors who've gotten the gold.

Will Smith considers himself among the Mount Rushmore of all-time greatest actors.

The Academy Award winner, who’s preparing to drop his comeback album, “Based on a True Story,” has visited various internet streamers this month. Among them is Plaqueboymax, who Smith linked up with for a session on Tuesday, March 18. Around the 26-minute mark of the video below, Max asked Smith who’s on his “Mount Rushmore” of actors, which the “Emancipation” star took a moment to contemplate before revealing his top four performers. Of course, one of the entertainers was himself.

“I’m going to do actors first, so three of them,” Smith began. “I’m not really saying this to be arrogant. I do think I’m one of the most prolific actors of all time.”

Smith went on to name Denzel Washington, Daniel Day-Lewis and the late Marlon Brando, all who are fellow Oscar winners, to round out his top four. “There’s actors and there’s movie stars, and there’s a difference,” Smith continued. “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.”

Making Smith’s top four actresses list was Oscar winners Whoopi Goldberg, Halle Berry, the late Cicely Tyson and Taraji P. Henson. On March 28, Smith will temporarily set aside his movie stardom, as he’ll release his fifth solo album, which features, Teyana Taylor, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Russ, his youngest son, Jaden, and more. But when Smith returns to acting, he’s slated to lead the “I Am Legend” sequel, “Fast and Loose” and roughly three more titles.

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