Will Smith

“I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.”

“If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don't think there's anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.”

“In black neighborhoods, everybody appreciated comedy about real life. In the white community, fantasy was funnier. I started looking for the jokes that were equally hilarious across the board, for totally different reasons.”

“Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has.”

“If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.”

“I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent.”

“I would have absolutely messed up 'The Matrix'.”

“I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.”

“A rapper is about being completely true to yourself. Being an actor is about changing who you are.”

“Danger is real, fear is a choice”

“There's so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I've got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father - and how come that's not as newsworthy?”

“Don't let success go to your heads and don't let failure into your hearts.”

“I have a great time with my life, and I wanna share it.”

“I mean, I'm very serious with my kids about them comprehending the intricacies of global finance.”

“Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.”

“As a child, I watched 'Dallas' and that was my vision for my life for as long as I could remember.”

“For me, there is nothing more valuable than how people feel in a movie theater about a movie.”

“I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.”

“I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over.”

“It's quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can't imagine what else I could do beyond this. It's really a bittersweet kind of feeling.”