I'd rather live my life knowing that I'm not perfect than spend my whole life pretending to be.

I believe that my connection, to my higher power, is separate from everybody’s. I don’t believe that the Muslims have all the answers. I don’t believe the Christians have all the answer, or the Jews have all the answers...

Even Hitler didn't wake up going, 'Let me do the most evil thing I can do today.' I think he woke up in the morning and using a twisted, backwards logic, he set out to do what he thought was 'good.'

I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my 'Will Smith' thing and get paid.

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

You'd be surprised how much you don't understand what other people see your actions as; how other people view the things you say and the things that you do. And a lot of times just clarifying what your intentions are with people makes a huge difference.

When I was growing up, I installed refrigerators in supermarkets. My father was an electrical engineer.