From Eric Rice to Denzel’s Phone Manner

Follow the links. I was just watching Eric Rice demo some audio and vlog stuff. I went to his site, and remarked to Travis that it looked rather like the poster for Out of Time, starring Denzel Washington (not to be confused with the poster for Man on Fire).

While searching for the poster, I encountered a movie still of Denzel Washingon on the phone. This reminded of a peculiarity I’d noticed about Mr. Washington. When he talks on the phone, he holds the bottom part of the receiver at or below his chin. It’s nowhere near his mouth. See–here, here and here. I first noticed this in The Pelican Brief.

In short, nobody can ever here hear Denzel on the phone.

UPDATE: Travis has a photo of me expressing my dismay at Denzel’s phone usage.