Quotes By Will Smith

Life is lived on the edge.

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.

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.

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

Goofy was the word that was used most often by my sisters because I've been this tall ever since I was 12 years old.

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?

The first time that I performed as an actor was the first day on the set of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.'

I'm a student of world religion, so to me, it's hugely important to have knowledge and to understand what people are doing.

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

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.

So if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready, and that is how I run my life.

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.

I would have absolutely messed up 'The Matrix'.

I want the world to be better because I was here.

If you're not willing to work hard, let someone else do it. I'd rather be with someone who does a horrible job, but gives 110% than with someone who does a good job and gives 60%.

Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

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.

You can cry, ain't no shame in it.

I love being black in America, and especially being black in Hollywood.

I don't necessarily believe in organized religion.

When you create art, the world has to wait.

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

The first step is you have to say that you can.

I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

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.

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

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.

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.

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