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Jet, March 11, 2002

Actress Julia Roberts says Denzel Washington is "the best actor of this generation" and should be a multi-Oscar winner by now.

"He should be on his third Oscar by now, and that might not be enough," Roberts told Newsweek.

"I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor," said Roberts, who starred opposite Washington in 1993's Pelican Brief.

Washington won an Oscar in 1989 for best supporting actor in Glory. He is nominated this year for best actor for Training Day.

This year's Oscar Awards ceremony will air live on March 24 on ABC from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood.