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Denzel Washington Praises Longtime Friend Samuel L. Jackson, Who Stars in Son's First Film: 'My Children's Uncle'

Denzel Washington, at a MoMA benefit honoring Samuel L. Jackson, praised his longtime friend, calling Jackson 'my children's uncle' and Jackson's daughter Zoe 'like our daughter.'

Denzel Washington presents Samuel L. Jackson with an honorary Oscar at the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences' 12th Annual Governors Awards in 2022.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Speaking to PEOPLE exclusively at the MoMA event, Washington says it is Jackson’s “body of work itself, the volume, the quality, the consistency” that he admires most. The Piano Lesson, also starring Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu and Corey Hawkins, is in theaters Nov. 8 and on Netflix Nov. 22.

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