"I felt the tug on my sleeve and looked down to find him standing motionless. His mouth was moving but I couldn’t make out his words. His quiet body in the noisy room caught me off guard. I bent down to find his voice."
Slippers, not Oscars, are what get Denzel Washington out of bed in the morning. These slippers help him be a better father, husband, and actor, and no, they're not magical.