JET magazine article from August 24, 1998


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Snipes talks about Black, White and Asian women and why he told Sean Connery he had 'blackness.'

Jet , August 24, 1998


Famed actor Wesley Snipes who stars in the new thriller Blade, recently described Asian women as "bedroom generals" and recalled how he told Sean Connery that the White actor must have some Black blood in him.
In a revealing interview in Movieline with writer Lawrence Grobel, Snipes said there is a difference among Black, White and Asian women,
"I've come to the conclusion that beautiful women in the West aren't comfortable finding strength in their femininity. They want to do masculine-oriented things to establish their femininity," Snipes said.
"It's a contradiction. Water doesn't have to fight a rock to prove it's as strong as a rock. Water understands it's soft and gentle..."
Snipes, who is dating Asian model and restaurateur Donna Wong, added, "Asian women are out there: They're beautiful, compassionate. (But) Black women are beautiful; some White women are beautiful."
Snipes also noted, "I read that Asian women were bedroom generals. Some people think that means they're great in bed, but that's not the issue. They're talking about a place where the man is at his most vulnerable, where they have the most control. They don't have to beat him over the head to mow the lawn. They can whisper it in his ear and give him a kiss on the cheek and it's no problem. That's a general."
Asked what turns him on in a women, Snipes replied, "I love legs. From the waist down, it's all good. I like a woman who is self-confident, who can work it, walk the walk, wear her clothes, smile, be happy...yeah, I like that."
Snipes, who co-starred opposite veteran actor Sean Connery in Rising Sun, said he enjoyed working with the actor best known for his James Bond movies and praised Connery for his cool, tough-guy performances, saying he reminded him of a Black man.
"He was great," Snipes said. "He liked me; I told him, `You ain't nothing but a Brother anyway. There's a Black man somewhere in your family. You can tell by the way you walk, the color of your skin. The thing about Bond and why we ain't got no problem with you is because he whipped a-- around the world, but he never went to Harlem.'