You’ve Come A Long Way, Big Willie

King of Queens: Will Smith and Kevin James in Hitch.
“Talking about Six Degrees [of Separation] with Premiere magazine a decade ago, Smith raised eyebrows in the p.c.-sensitive media by confessing that before he accepted the role, his friend Denzel Washington had warned him, ‘Just don’t be kissing no man.'”
– It’s a queer eye for the straight thesp, by David Rooney, Variety, March 14, 2004 (subscription required).