United Kingdom, Aug. 13 -- Denzel Washington wishes he'd been more active in his faith when he was younger.

The 70-year-old actor - who was baptised and obtained a minister license last year - has enjoyed a long and successful career and the only advice he has to offer his younger self is to have been more in contact with God.

Asked the advice he'd give a younger Denzel, he told Extra: "Pray more. That's it. Pray more. That's what I would tell that younger Denzel Washington. Pray more. Get on your knees more."

The Oscar-winning star is currently promoting his new film Highest 2 Lowest - in which he plays a music mogul who is targeted in a ransom plot - and the movie marks his fifth collaboration with Spike Lee, which is always comforta...