 I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid. |
| Well, all I know is what I read in the papers. |
| 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? |
| Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. |
| I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat. |
| 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 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. |
| My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm still a virgin in a lot of ways. I'm not used to being shot down for no reason. |
| 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. |
| In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet. |
| 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. |
| You can cry, ain't no shame in it. |
| Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there. |
| On learning to swim: I'm too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say 'Now kick your feet.' |
| 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. |
