<p>He is one the biggest stars in Hollywood but actor Denzel Washington had to struggle hard to impress his wife who rejected his marriage proposal twice.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The two-time Oscar winner and wife Pauletta Washington recently marked their 30th wedding anniversary. The couple raises four children together, reported Access Hollywood.<br /><br />"Twice! It was three times?," Washington said trying to remember their courtship days.<br />"It was three times," Pauletta said.<br /><br />"Why was it twice... Why would I have to ask again?" Washington, 58, wondered during the red carpet premiere of "2 Guns".<br /><br />"Because I said no," Pauletta fired back.<br /><br />"You heard it here first. She turned me down, she said no. And since it was three times, that means she turned me down twice," joked the actor.<br /><br />The "2 Guns" star is making his Broadway comeback with a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun", which co-stars Anika Noni Rose, Sophie Okonedo and Diahann Carroll.</p>
<p>He is one the biggest stars in Hollywood but actor Denzel Washington had to struggle hard to impress his wife who rejected his marriage proposal twice.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The two-time Oscar winner and wife Pauletta Washington recently marked their 30th wedding anniversary. The couple raises four children together, reported Access Hollywood.<br /><br />"Twice! It was three times?," Washington said trying to remember their courtship days.<br />"It was three times," Pauletta said.<br /><br />"Why was it twice... Why would I have to ask again?" Washington, 58, wondered during the red carpet premiere of "2 Guns".<br /><br />"Because I said no," Pauletta fired back.<br /><br />"You heard it here first. She turned me down, she said no. And since it was three times, that means she turned me down twice," joked the actor.<br /><br />The "2 Guns" star is making his Broadway comeback with a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun", which co-stars Anika Noni Rose, Sophie Okonedo and Diahann Carroll.</p>